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The church Saint-Séverin is one of the twelve Romanesque basilicas of Cologne. Built as a simple chapel in the 4th century, the oldest remaining part dates from the 10th century.

The St. Sigismund's Church was probably founded in the 14th century. A Gothic church soon replaced the original church at the beginning of the 15th century. In the second half of the 18th century, the church was transformed into a three-nave building and in 1783 a facade with two towers was built.

Saint-Siméon Cathedral was built between 1865 and 1868 in brick, according to the project of the architect of the city of Brest V. Polikarpov. The cathedral was built on a former monastery church, which burned down several times and finally closed together with the monastery in 1824. In 1865 the relics of St. Athanasius were brought to the new church. During the Soviet era, the church was abandoned and had to be restored in 1988.

St. Sophia Cathedral was built between 1030 and 1060 as a replica of the St. Sophia Cathedrals of Novgorod and Kyiv. The church was closed during the Great Northern War (1700-1721) and fell into ruins afterwards. It was rebuilt in the 1740s in late Baroque style according to the plans of the German-Baltic architect Johann Christoph Glaubitz. The Soviets closed the cathedral in 1949 and used it as an archive warehouse. It was restored in 1967 to become a museum of atheism. Today the cathedral is used as a concert hall.

The Serbian Orthodox community got permission to build an Eastern Orthodox church in 1788. The Church of St. Spyridon got its current form in 1834.

St. Stanisław’s Parish Church in Wilczyska was built in the 17th century (1605 is cited as the exact date).

The St. Stephan Church is a Gothic church built from the 13th century onwards above the foundations of an older church. From 1787 to 1789, the chapel was built with a baroque roof.

St. Stephan's Church was built in the 15th century on the site of an old church. The characteristic Baroque onion dome was added in the 17th century.

The parish church of St. Stephan is a Roman Catholic church building in the classical style built between 1808 and 1814 and designed by Friedrich Weinbrenner. Since 1882, the unplastered exterior has been a characteristic feature of the neoclassical church building, which is one of Weinbrenner's most important works and one of the most important neoclassical domed churches in southwest Germany. During the Second World War, the church was partially destroyed by air raids in 1944. The church was rebuilt between 1951 and 1955. The new dome built during the reconstruction consists of prefabricated concrete elements.

St. Stephen's Basilica, the largest Catholic church in Budapest, was built between 1851 and 1901 in a neoclassical style. It is a listed national monument.