Lasonderkerk
Enschede, NL
Monumental, iconic interbellum church with tower. Built as Dutch Reformed Church. From 1971 in use as Dutch Reformed Church (NGK).
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Enschede, NL
Monumental, iconic interbellum church with tower. Built as Dutch Reformed Church. From 1971 in use as Dutch Reformed Church (NGK).
Latina, IT
Latina Cathedral, dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist, was built in the 1930s. In 1986 the church of San Marco in Latina became the cathedral of the "new" diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno.
Lau, SE
Lau Church is one of the 92 medieval churches on the island of Gotland.
Lindesnes, NO
The Laudal church is a wooden church dating from 1826. The present church is the third in the town, the first dating from the Middle Ages, the second from the 18th century. The present church was designed by Leg Askjellson.
Maida Vale, London, GB
The Lauderdale Road Synagogue in London is a Sephardi synagogue completed in 1896. This brick building in the Neo-Byzantine style still serves as a synagogue.
Lauksargiai, LT
The design and construction work of the church has been stuck for twenty years. It was not until 1887, as inscribed in the cornerstone of the church, that construction work was completed on 6 October. the church is consecrated. A red-masonry, traditional Evangelical Lutheran church is being built in Lauksargiai. 19th century mid-20th century At the beginning of the 19th century, most of the churches built in Lithuania were of the Neo-Romantic or Neo-Gothic style. Evangelical Lutheran churches differed from Catholic churches because of the different rites, as well as the unequal aesthetic ideal dictated by religious philosophy
Donkerbroek, NL
The church was built in 1714 to replace the medieval church dedicated to Saint Laurentius, of which some wall remains have been preserved. The tower was added in 1860.
Mijnsheerenland, NL
Single-nave church from the 15th century with west tower with long spire. The 48 m high tower is, reportedly, the highest church tower in the Hoeksche Waard. Wall painting from the construction period with St. George and the dragon. Simple late Gothic choir screen and early 16th century tomb of Elisabeth van Loon. Organ from 1750 by JHH Bätz, originating from the Walloon church in Heusden. In this church since 1878. In 1966 extended by Gebr. Van Vulpen with a back positive and free pedal, restored and re-intonated by them in 1997. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.
Folsgare, NL
Single-nave brick church with three-sided closure, round-arched windows and brick pilasters in between. Built in 1875. Simple plastered interior with main ceiling. In the church 17th-century pulpit with rear bulkhead and sounding board, 19th-century baptismal fence and oxalic balustrade.
Raerd, NL
Reformed church and tower on a spacious enclosed churchyard. Church with tower rebuilt in 1814. The church has a beautiful 18th century inventory, namely pulpit with stairs, rear bulkhead and sounding board and lectern, baptismal fence with coat of arms panel, three singing boards, two blocks of benches with carved cheek pieces and crowns; two covered benches against the side walls, four large 16th and 17th century tombstones, against the tower wall two 16th century. Two richly carved and a simpler mourning board. Two-manual organ made in 1816 by JA Hillebrand, modified in 1863 by L. van Dam and Sons, on a balustrade with carvings. In 2012 the organ was restored by the Reil company and the case was painted white. Bell tower with bell by JN Derck, 1762, diam. 131 cm. Mechanical tower clock G. de Looze, Leeuwarden, 1894, later equipped with electric winding.
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