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The construction of this cathedral took a very long time, since it began in the 12th century, but was not completed until six centuries later, in the 18th century. Several campaigns of work follow one another, mixing several architectural styles.

Blomvåg church is a long single-nave church with a choir and a porch of the same width and height as the nave and with a small tower above the porch to the west. The church was built according to the plans of architect Carl Berner in 1931. In the early 1970s, a new sacristy was built perpendicular to the north wall of the choir.

The cemetery’s establishment date is unknown, though it was likely established in the second half of the 19th century, simultaneous to the development of the Jewish settlement in Błonie. In the summer of 1940, a dozen or so Jewish soldiers from the Polish Army who were killed during the September campaign, were exhumed from field graves and buried in the cemetery.

Building with a Latin cross plan, with a gable wall façade framed by projecting buttresses. Ancillary buildings, probably chapels, flank the lateral walls of the nave.

St. Elizabeth, also called “Blue Church” is an Art Nouveau church built between 1909 and 1913. Both the interior and exterior of the church are painted in pale blue and decorated with blue maiolica; the roof is covered with blue-glazed ceramics as well.

Sultan Ahmed Mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque) is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It remains a functioning mosque, while also attracting large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets and eight secondary domes.

The Bob Church is the first Greco-Catholic church built in Cluj and the oldest Romanian church in the city. The name of the church comes from the bishop Ioan Bob, Romanian nobleman, at whose expense the place of worship was erected between 1801 and 1803. The building is listed as a historical monument in Cluj.

The cathedral of Bobbio was built from 1070 onwards and completed after five years in the Romanesque style, remaining almost unchanged in structure until the 13th century. In the 13th century, the floor was raised, the two arms of the transept were lengthened laterally, and the roof was finally completed, hiding the frames with the construction of the vaults. In 1463, the new façade was built in its current position, aligning it with the two side towers.

The fortified church in Bod went through difficult times, strongly affected by fire and earthquakes. The Romanesque basilica with a bell tower built in the 13th century was partially destroyed by fire only two centuries later. Starting with the late 18th century, the events precipitated: the bell tower collapsed only to be rebuilt nine years later. But after three years the church was massively destroyed by an earthquake, together with its fortification wall. The polygonal wall with outer bailey and defence towers was almost completely dismantled after this episode. Today in Bod one can admire the church built in 1806, whose tower damaged by the earthquake in 1977 was subsequently stabilized. The interior of the church houses the altar from 1869, which forms a whole together with the organ built in 1816. Original bells, dating back to Catholic times were destroyed when the tower collapsed. One bell that escaped the damages of war and further two bells made of bronze in 1922 accompany the Sunday service today.

Bodin Church, which is a medieval stone church dating from around 1240, has undergone several modifications over the years. As part of an extensive reconstruction in 1894, the church was given, among other things, a new tower on the west side and a Swiss-style exterior decoration. When the church was renovated in 1962-64, these new additions were removed and the church was restored in the style of the 18th century. The tower was demolished and the church was given an onion dome on the ridge. A new porch was built, and the interior, ceiling and gallery were renovated.