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Shakh’s synagogue was built in 1560s and is now the fourth oldest synagogue in the Czech Republic. The current interior is from major reconstruction in the 1730’s. In the reconstruction the current Polish-type baroque decorations were created. Since there is little living Jewish community in Holešov, the synagogue is mainly used as a heritage object.

The Shalom (Aydınlı) Synagogue in Izmir is a Sephardi synagogue completed in 1800, rebuilt in 1890. This stone building still serves as a synagogue.

Shankararar Sri Kamadchi Ampal is the second largest temple in Europe in the Dravidian style, an architectural style originating in South India.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. The oldest preserved gravestone relates to the second half of the 18th century, so it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged during that period. According to epigraphic data, the cemetery was operational until the late Soviet period. First, it appears on Russian maps in the 1920s. Later it was marked on Polish maps of 1939.

Sheffield Cathedral is the oldest building in Sheffield still in daily use. Formerly the Parish Church of Sheffield, it was granted Cathedral status in 1914. however the history of Christianity on this site goes back over 1000 years.

The new cemetery was established in 1928. It was not marked on old maps. A few dozens of gravestones were moved from the old cemetery when it was demolished. The cemetery was operating after WWII.

The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ, built between 1885 and 1902, is a cultural monument of national importance. It is dedicated to the fighters of the Russo-Turkish war (1877-1878). In its dungeons, there is an ossuary containing the bones of nearly 9,000 Russian and Bulgarian warriors who died in Bulgaria during the war of liberation.

Shkodër Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to St. Stephen, built between 1858 and 1867. It was not until 1890 that the bell tower was completed and equipped with three bells, bought in Venice by the philanthropists Filip Parruca and the brothers Mark and Pjetër Pema. With the Cultural Revolution of 1967, the Cathedral was transformed into a Sports Palace.

The Shomre Hadass Synagogue Bouwmeesters straat in Antwerpen is an Ashkenazi synagogue built between 1891 and 1893 by architects Ernest Stordiau and Joseph Hertogs. This Neo-Moorish brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The Shree Ghanapathy Temple in Wimbledon was founded in 1980 in a former Christian Presbyterian Church. It became in 1981 the first fully consecrated Hindu Temple in Europe.