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The Ancient Synagogue Complex in Oncheasmos (Saranda) dates back to the 4th - 6th century C.E. The building, made of stone, now serves as a museum.

The old synagogue of Barcelona dates from the 3rd or 4th century but was rebuilt in the 13th century. Used until the 14th century, this stone synagogue was restored to its original use after a restoration in 2002.

The Ancient Synagogue in Delos was built between 150 and 128 BCE. The building was discovered in 1912-13, excavated again in 1965 and a new survey was conducted in 2000-2003. This stone building now serves as a museum.

The ancient synagogue of Philippopolis (Trimontium) dates back to the first half of the 3rd century AD. Traces of an extension at the beginning of the 5th century can be observed.

The Ancient Synagogue in Priene dates from the 4th or 5th century CE. This stone building now serves as a museum.

The cathedral of Ancona, built between 996 and 1017, mixes Romanesque and Byzantine styles. The building stands on the former site of a temple dedicated to Aphrodite. The cathedral was restored in the 1980s.

Andebu church is a Romanesque stone church. The church has a rectangular nave and a lower and narrower choir, and a sacristy added later in the east and a wooden porch in the west. After the Reformation, the church building fell into ruin. In 1686 the church was restored and equipped with a gutter and the windows were enlarged.

The Andenes church is a wooden church consecrated in 1876 but greatly enlarged in 1966. On this site, churches have succeeded one another since the Middle Ages.

Originally built as Dutch Reformed Laak Chapel. Name changed to Andreas Church during internal modernisation in 1966. Since 2000 called Laak Chapel again, when the Reformed Church joined the Dutch Reformed local church community in the context of "Samen op Weg", after the Reformed Laak Church on Isingstraat was decommissioned. Later a church of the PKN. Out of use as a church 25 November 2012, on that day a farewell service was held. Some religious objects were transferred to the diaconal centre "De Oase" on Van Meursstraat in the Spoorwijk. The Laak Chapel was taken over by the El Mouahidin Foundation and converted into a mosque.

In Teuge, the Christian Reformed Church was abolished. Institution took place in 1836. Between 1836 and 1851, church services were held in Het Hoge Vonder, the farm of G. Groothedde. This farm no longer exists. On 2 June 1851, construction of a real church of its own began. It was put into use in December 1851. Like several other municipalities in our country, Teuge did not join the Association in 1892. It remained Christian Reformed. The last church service was held on 25 April 1968, after which the municipality was dissolved. All possessions were sold.