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The Franciscan Monastery of St. Ante Padovan in Humac is the oldest museum in Bosnia and Herzegovina founded in 1884.

Archangelos Michael Church is one of the painted churches of the Troodos Mountains. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

The archicathedral of Saint. Stanisława Kostka is a Roman Catholic parish church built in 1901-1912. In 1920, the church was raised by Pope Benedict XV to the rank of cathedral.

The archepiscopal cathedral of Galați was built between 1906 and 1917. The earthquake of 1940 caused the collapse of the great tower. It was only in 1950 that the restoration began, which lasted until 1957. The 1977 earthquake, but above all the rise of groundwater in the region, caused damage that necessitated further consolidation work that was not completed until 2006.

Only the exterior walls of the central nave have been preserved from the former Romanesque basilica. The church was later rebuilt in the Gothic style and enlarged with a tower, followed by the defence systems in the 16th century: demolition of side aisles, addition of a defence level, addition of a battle platform on the tower. Two fortification walls with defence towers at the corners surrounded the ensemble by the end of the 15th century. After a fire in 1748 that also destroyed the village, the church was built in its current shape. The interior Baroque design originates from that period: the side and organ gallery, the organ itself, masterpiece of the famous organ builder Samuel Maetz, the altar and the pulpit created by master Philippi from Sighişoara.

Årdal church is a small wooden church built in 1828. The architect of the church is Anders Thorsen Syrtveit.

The Årdal church, completed in 1867, was built in wood panelling according to drawings by Chr. Christie. The church has the shape of a basilica with a central raised hall and is characterised by neo-gothic forms and inspiration from Stave churches.

The church was built between 1914 and 1916 with funds collected from Årdal residents who had emigrated to the USA. The ministry had previously rejected an application to build a new church, nor had it approved the fact that the church was in use at the time of its completion. Approval did not come until 1919. Major restoration in 1968.

Ardboe Monastery is an ancient monastery founded in 590 by Saint Colman. In the 16th century, the old church built by St. Colman gave way to the present church (in ruins). The entire monastery was destroyed by fire in the 20th century. One of the main remains of the former monastery is the High Cross, the first one built in Ulster. There are a total of twenty-two panels of Old and New Testament scenes on all four sides of the cross.

The Ardenica Monastery was erected by the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos in 1282 in honour of his victory over the Kingdom of Sicily during the siege of Berat. Closed and in a state of ruin in 1967, the monastery was saved thanks to its reputation as the wedding venue of Skanderbeg (1443 - 1468), Albanian national hero. The monastery has been rebuilt since 1988.