Kaupanger Stave Church
Kaupanger, NO
The stave church of Kaupanger may date from the 12th century. The church was rebuilt in 1862 and restored in 1965.
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Kaupanger, NO
The stave church of Kaupanger may date from the 12th century. The church was rebuilt in 1862 and restored in 1965.
Øygarden, NO
Kausland church was designed by architect Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe, built by Askild Aase and consecrated in 1881.
Kauslunde, DK
Around 1200, a Romanesque church was built. In the 15th century, the church was rebuilt in Gothic style. Only the nave, the walls and the north wall of the chancel of the original church have remained. The tower was built in two rounds: first, a low tower with and external staircase was built. Later, the tower was raised to its current state. The windows are from around 1800 and the roof of lead was removed in and replaced in 1862.
Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino, NO
The church of Kautokeino was built in 1958 on the site of the old church in Kautokeino, which was burnt down by the Germans in 1944. After the Orthodox chapel in Neiden, which dates from the 16th century, it was the oldest church building in Finnmark, built around 1701. The new church, which is a long wooden church, was designed by the architect Finn Bryn.
Kavala, GR
Most likely, the period of the cemetery’s establishment dates to the 16th century. In 1934, the Ist-Dimarnd, honorary President of the community, donated $5,000 to the community. On 3rd-4th March 1943, 1,484 Jews from Kavala were deported to the Treblinka death camp via Drama and Bulgaria. A few survivors returned to Kavala and in 1945 there were 42 Jews. The community was reestablished, but was dismantled in 1970. The last Jewish family left in 1979.
Sopron, HU
The church of Kecske (Hungarian: "Goat Church") is a Gothic church from the 13th and 14th centuries. The church was named after the goat that appeared on the 47-metre-high Gothic tower. The goat was the coat of arms of the manufacturer Geisel Henrik (Geiss means goat in German).
Amsterdam, NL
Modern, fairly inconspicuous, hardly recognizable as a church, building without a tower. Out of use as a Roman Catholic church in 1987, when the parish merged with, and into, the Roman Catholic Good Shepherd Church on Van Boshuizenstraat, situated further south.
Weimar , DE
The Protestant Church of Kehna is one of the half-timbered churches in Hesse. Built in 1779, it dominates the small village of Kehna (90 inhabitants), which is entirely made up of extremely well preserved half-timbered buildings.
Keila, EE
Keila Mihkli Church was founded in the first half of the 13th century, originally built of wood and dedicated to Archangel Michael. At the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century, the Order of Livonia carried out extensive reconstructions of the church. During the Livonian War in 1558, the church was looted and destroyed. In 1596 the church was restored. The church got its modern appearance in 1851 (rose windows, tower arches, framing of the main portal with pillars etc.) and the last major construction works were completed in 1939.
Leipzig, DE
The Keilstraße Synagogue in Leipzig is an Ashkenazi synagogue from 1904. The architect of the synagogue is Oscar Schade. This Neo-Moorish brick building still serves as a synagogue.
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