Lagkada Church
Lagkada, GR
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Lagonegro, IT
Lagonegro Cathedral, or St. Nicholas' Co-cathedral, was built between the 9th and 10th centuries but has been renovated many times over the years. It houses a crucifix by Altobello Persio (1507-1593), a painting of the Virgin and Saints by Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino (1572-1645) and the high altar, which dates back to the 18th century.
Porsanger Porsángu Porsanki, NO
The church in Lakselv is the reconstruction, in 1963, of a 19th-century chapel. In the first half of the 1860s, the people of Lakselv built a church on a voluntary basis. The church building was named Lakselv Chapel and was consecrated on October 2, 1865. The Lakselv Chapel underwent extensive reconstruction and renovation in the second half of the 1920s and was consecrated again in 1930. In 1944, the Lakselv Chapel was burnt down by the German occupation forces as part of the "scorched earth tactics".
Tromsø, NO
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Bergen, NO
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Yakutiye/Erzurum, TR
The first mosque built in Erzurum during the Ottoman Period, has also been a model for other Ottoman mosques built here.
Livno, BA
Lala Paša Mosque is a domed mosque built in 1577-78. It has a sundial, the work of the famous muezzin, travel writer and astronomer Hadži-Jusuf Livnjak. Next to the mosque is a spacious harem with rarely preserved tombstones. In 2003, in addition to the renovated and restored mosque, an abdesthana (small closed room for ablutions) was built.
İstanbul, TR
The Laleli Mosque, built between 1760 and 1763, was destroyed by fire in 1783 and rebuilt immediately afterwards. Most of the original complex, of which the mosque was a part, was destroyed by fire (1911) and due to urban planning decisions. The granite and marble mosque has a Baroque style.
Pomaia, IT
The Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, founded in 1977, is one of the largest Buddhist centres in Europe. It is an international school for the study and practice of Buddhism, affiliated to the Italian Buddhist Union and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition FPMT. The Institute’s Stupa garden has five stupas.
Oslo, NO
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