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Ichthus Church in Meerkerk.

Large reconstruction church with roof turret.

Built as a Reformed Church. Modern church.

Important modern church with tower.

Reconstruction church with tower. Renovated in 1981. Now a church of the PKN.

Built as Reformed Church (Liberated). Modern church without a tower.

Built as a Reformed Church. Reconstruction church with roof turret.

The Idd Church is a medieval stone church dating from around 1100, and enlarged in 1730 with a sacristy and burial chapel. In front of the west entrance is a wooden porch. Both the nave and the choir have wooden gable sections. The interior, which contains some medieval treasures, was modified in 1834 and restored in 1922 by Domenico Erdmann.

The Mosque of Ierapetra, also known as Hamidiye Mosque, was built at the end of the 19th century.

The fortified church in Ighişu Nou was built in the 14th/15th century as a hall tower-less Gothic church with narrow chancel. The chancel was heightened in the late 15th century with an additional defence level. A tower was constructed in the front hall, with the staircase built in the thickness of its walls. The small octagonal stair tower on the northern side has been built only later. Similar to many churches in the Mediaş area, this one also preserves some very valuable stone masonry: blooming roses on the impost of the tracery on the chancel windows and a very rich ornamentation on the profiled western portal. The massive western tower still maintains its original hip roof and the wooden defence level. The church is surrounded by a complete defence wall with the remains of a fortified granary on the north side, as well as a horseshoe-shaped bastion on the southern side, which closes the narrow outer bailey.