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Melnytsya-Podilska Old Jewish Cemetery

Melnytsya-Podilska Old Jewish Cemetery

Mel'nytsya Podil's'ka, UA

According to epigraphic data, the cemetery existed aready in 1795. It appears on maps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the 1880s. It was used until 1900s, when a new cemetery was opened.

Melum Church

Melum Church

Skien, NO

The church in Melum dates from 1728 but a church has existed in Melum since at least 1354. In the 1720s, Frederick IV of Denmark chose to sell the churches in Lower Telemark, which had belonged to the Crown since the Reformation. At that time the church in Melum was in such a bad state that it had to be demolished. A new church was built by the locals, and in 1737 the church was sold. In 1854, the church finally became the property of the municipality.

Meløy Church

Meløy Church

Meløy, NO

Meløy church is a neo-Gothic wooden church from 1867. The first church is said to have existed already in the 15th century, replaced in the 1660s and later in 1708-1711 after a fire. As the church of 1711 was too small in the second half of the 19th century, a new church was designed in 1864 with a capacity of 750 seats.

Memorial stele Old Synagogue of Chemnitz

Memorial stele Old Synagogue of Chemnitz

Chemnitz, DE

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.

Memorial Synagogue in Gyöngyös

Memorial Synagogue in Gyöngyös

Gyöngyös, HU

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.

Mennonite church

s-Gravenhage, NL

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.

Mennonite church

Medemblik, NL

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

Mennonite Church of Aalsmeer

Mennonite Church of Aalsmeer

Aalsmeer, NL

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

Menorca Cathedral

Ciutadella de Menorca, ES

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.

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