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The Old Synagogue of Chemnitz was inaugurated in 1899. It operated until its destruction during the Night of Broken Glass in 1938. The building, designed by Wenzel Bürger, had a Neo-Romanesque style with an eight-sided crossing dome. Today, a stele commemorates the place where the historic synagogue once stood.

The Memorial Synagogue in Gyöngyös is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1813 by architect Károly Rábel. This Neo-Classical brick building now serves as an office.

The Memory Church is Baroque church in western Lisbon built on the site of the attempt assassination of King José I.

The Mennonite church, also called the meeting house, is a clandestine church from the 17th century.

Detached single-nave church in neo-Romanesque style from 1885-1886 designed by the architect K. Stoffels for the Mennonite community. The church building is part of the rich late 19th century buildings on the curved Paleisstraat, which were constructed after the community of King William III had taken over the royal possessions behind the palace on the Kneuterdijk.

The "Mennonite Church of Aalsmeer was built between 1926 and 1927 according to the designs of JF Staal (1879 - 1940). It is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Menorca Cathedral is an example of Catalan Gothic architecture, built in the 13th and 14th centuries on top of a mosque. Marès stone (limestone), the island's traditional building material, was used for the construction. A Turkish raid in 1558 seriously damaged the church. Repairs only lasted until 1626, when a fire caused the apse to collapse. After that, a more solid reconstruction took place. The church was raised to the status of a cathedral in 1795.

Meråker church is a white, wooden church that was built in a long church style in 1793 by the architects P. Olsen and E. Nanstad.

The Romanesque basilica from the 13th century has been largely preserved, as is testified by the connection between nave and side aisles. Two centuries later, during the fortification phase, a tower with later demolished parapet walk was erected above the chancel. The defence level of the western tower and its timber frame parapet walk is still preserved. This type of church with two towers is also found in the neighboring village of Dealu Frumos. The square ring wall with two defense towers had loopholes and parapet walks. From the last one only the insertion holes of the beams are still preserved. The gate tower was once home of the castle guardian.

Merida Cathedral dates back to the 13th century. When the city was conquered by Alfonso IX of León and returned to Christian rule, it was attached to the Archbishopric of Santiago de Compostela. Work began on the construction of a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the ruins of the Visigothic cathedral. In 1479, Don Alonso de Cárdenas, Master of the Order of St. James, ordered the chapel to be enlarged with the aim of making it the main church of the city. In 1620, a bull of Pope Paul V created the title of titular bishop of Merida. The bishop was chosen from among the priests of the Order of Santiago, who chose the church of Santa María as the seat of their bishopric.