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Kuba Mosque, Turkish. Architecturally nice building, with dome and minaret.

The Kubelie Mosque dates back to 1736, however, the present building is a reconstruction dating back to 1994. Finally, like many, the mosque was destroyed by the communist regime of Enver Hoxha in 1967.

The Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque dates from the second half of the 17th century. It was built in honour of the first Ottoman garrison of Chania. The mosque stopped functioning in 1923 and is now restored to become a venue.

The Church of St. Johannes Evangelist, also called Kugelkirche, was built between 1492 and 1520 and belonged to the former monastery of Kugelherren. The name of the church (Kugelkirche) is derived from the headgear of the friars, who wore a long spike called "Gugel". After the dissolution of the monastery in 1527, the church was bequeathed to the new University of Marburg. Since 1827 it has been the property of the Catholic parish, which uses it as a parish church.

The first church in Kuktiskes was built in 1604, when Benedict Vaina was the bishop. It has been rebuilt several times. 1644 a wooden church stood here, which was consecrated by the Bishop of Vilnius on June 9, 1689. Abraham Vaina. Then its foundation was stone. 1844 the act of visitation gives a more complete picture of that church. The church is covered with shingles, wall cladding boards, the facade is supported by four wooden columns, a tower on the facade and an iron cross on it. The other cross is at the back of the roof, above the high altar, the doors are lined and covered with fur, the windows are nine. The length of the church is 37, the width is 15, the height is 10 arsins (2 arsins - 1m). The sacristy is wooden, covered with planks, the doors are single, one window with iron grilles

The cemetery has only 4 tombstones that have been preserved. The site was fenced by ESJF in November 2019.

The Kulturkirken Jakob was designed by the architect Georg Andreas Bull and built in 1880. The church was desecrated in 1985, and a year after its closure, to prevent its destruction, the Kirkelig Kulturverksted company began a long-term collaboration with the church council in Oslo with the aim of making the church a cultural venue. Today, the church is the only church in Norway with a purely cultural purpose. The church is a venue for theatre, dance and other various forms of events.

The monastery of Kumanica was first mentioned in 1514. It is assumed that the golden age of the monastery was in the second half of the 16th and during the 17th century. Kumanica Monastery collapsed and fell into ruin in the second half of the 18th century. In the 20th century, the remains of the monastery were almost completely destroyed with the project of the Belgrade-Bar railway line which was to pass over part of the monastery, but the retaining wall was finally moved 5 m from the church. The monastery was finally renovated and consecrated on 12 November 2000.

The Kumla Church was built in the 12th century. The building was built in Romanesque style and had a tower on the western side. During the following century, the church was rebuilt and it had become an aisleless church with a western nave. A few centuries later, the church was extended to the south and another nave was constructed. The medieval building was demolished to build a new neo-classical church. The construction took place between 1829 and 1834. The building burned down in 1968, and a third church was erected between 1971 and 1972. Today, there is a small museum in the bell tower.

The church in Kumlinge was first mentioned in 1484 and there may have been a chapel in the area as early as the 15th century. It is estimated that the present grey stone church was built around 1510 and has an onion dome in Baroque style, as well as a bell tower, which was built in 1767. The church in Kumlingen is best known for the biblical frescoes that were created there shortly after the church was completed.