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Henningsvær church is a wooden church built in 1974. The architect of the church is Odd Storm.

Year of construction: 1906-1908, architect: Herman Kroes. The Church was Restored in 1934.

Henry Wood Hall is one of the most important orchestra halls in London, housed in the former Holy Trinity Church in Southwark.

In addition to being the shape of a heptagon, the Church is surrounded by a circular enclosure with a vaulted ceiling making it possible to go around the building. Quarter circles serving as flying buttress on the walls of the choir. Among the treasures of the church, one can note the sculptures attributed to the Master of Cabestany and his school as well as a “Mandorle” representing the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

The church in Herad is a concrete church that was built according to a long church plan in 1957 from plans drawn up by the architect Christen A. Christensen. The first church on the site was probably built in 1570. In 1840 a new cruciform church was built, but in 1948 the church burned down.

The church in Herad was inaugurated in 1934. Already at the end of the 19th century, the construction of the church was discussed and in 1907 a building committee was appointed. But it was not until 1932 that construction work began. The colours of the interior date from 1953, and are mainly brown and green-brown. The main colour of the furnishings is blue-grey, which is found on the pulpit, the pews and the octagonal font.

Heradsbygd Church is a characteristic building in dragon style with a T-plan, according to a drawing of the "Digre architectural office in Trondheim". In 1911 the church was given a choir according to a drawing by Henrik Bull, and the church became a long single-nave church with narrower choirs. The interior and fittings are mainly designed by Henrik Bull, but bear some marks of later changes.

Built in 1963-1964 as a church building of the Union of Baptist Churches in the Netherlands. In joint use (was) by the Assembly of Believers, and the Seventh-day Adventists.

The oldest written record of a church in Herdla is a letter from Pope Eugene III in 1146 which mentions the church of St. Nicholas in Herdla. The present church, however, dates from 1863 after a storm demolished the old church in 1861. This church had to be rebuilt several times as it burned down in 1934 and suffered extensive damage during the Second World War. The church was finally completed in 1951

There has been a place of worship on the cathedral site since at least the 8th century, although no part of any building earlier than the 11th century bishop's chapel survives. The medieval cathedral was not monastic; the governing body, known as the Dean and Chapter, were not monks but secular priests who led active lives in the world. They employed the Vicars Choral, a body of clergy who lived a collegiate life in the Vicars' Cloister, to sing the daily services for them.