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The Minor Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore di Siponto was the ancient cathedral of Siponto (Manfredonia), completed in the 12th century. The interior of the church dates back to the 11th century. The church is a jewel of Pugliese Romanesque art, although it shows Islamic and Armenian influences. The building is very unique, square in plan, with two independent churches, one of which is underground, the crypt.

The Church of St. Anthony of Padua, known as the Minorite Church, is the second-largest church in the city after the Cathedral. To the east is the former Minorite monastery, built between 1773 and 1975, and to the west is the town hall. The former monastery now houses St. Hedwig High School for girls. The rococo church was built between 1758 and 1767, probably according to the plans of the architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, although some attribute the artistic plans to Matthias Gerl.

The Minoritenkirche is a Gothic church belonging formerly to the Franciscan friars. The building was built from 1276 to 1350 but has many additions of the following centuries.

The new Jewish cemetery in Mińsk Mazowiecki was established outside the built-up area of the city. During World War II, the Germans carried out executions in the cemetery. On December 24, 1924, they shot 218 people there. In January 1943, the bodies of the participants of the rebellion in the camp in the Mikołaj Kopernik School were buried there. There are several hundred Matzevot in rows and the area has separate burial sections for men and women. Most tombstones have traditional vertical shapes with semi-circular tops. Inscriptions are mostly in Hebrew, although there are several tombstones with inscriptions in Polish and Yiddish. A list of the tombstones is available at: https://cemetery.jewish.org.pl/list/c_14.

Founded together with the city Korçë itself, the mosque was built in the 15th century on the foundation of a former church during the Istanbul Conquest. The minaret was torn down during the communist period and rebuilt in 2014.

Rectangular building without a tower, with a church hall on the first floor.

Misvær Church from 1912 is a long church with a roof on the west gable and a lower, narrower chancel on the east. The church is characterised by the Swiss and Gothic Revival styles and has stylistic features borrowed from similar 19th-century church buildings. It was designed by O. M. Olsen from Bodø, who built the church together with the local people.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but according to the dates on the preserved tombstones it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged in the mid 19th century. First it appears on Russian topographic map of 1880s and, later, on Polish map of 1939. The cemetery was fenced by ESJF in August 2015.

Mjømna Church is a long church dating from 1901, designed by architect and builder Anders O. Korsvold. Before the church was built, the islanders had to go to the church in Eivindvik, which caused accidents.

Mjøndalen Church is a brick and wood "working church", built in 1983 according to the plans of architect Elisabeth Breen Fidjestøl. The church hall is rectangular, with white-painted brick walls and unpainted wood on the ceiling. The altarpiece is a stained glass window in the back wall of the choir, made by Hans L. Rasmussen in 1983.