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Saint Catherine Church is a 13th century building in the municipality of Gavalochori.

This shrine dedicated to Saint Catherine of Siena, "Doctor of the Church", was inaugurated in 1985 and continues to enjoy a particular popular devotion. The initiative for this chapel was taken by Jean Wintgens, who was fascinated by the saint's personality. The building deviates from the traditional design of a closed building but is open to the outside, inspired by the campo of Siena. It is a polygonal building with a crypt, an inward sloping roof with an open atrium in the middle and a small fountain dedicated to the saint in the centre. A relic of the saint was donated by the archbishop of Siena.

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The hillfort on the hill of St. Clement was known in prehistoric times. Archaeological excavations have shown a settlement lasting from the 9th century to the end of the 15th century. The conveniently situated and well-protected location on the old trade route that connected Pomerania with Brno was already used by settlers during the Great Moravian Empire (9th century). According to later tradition, they even built a church here, where the relics of St. Clement were kept.

The Saint Constantine & Helena Church is a 1995 Ortodox Church built under patronage of Saint Constantine and Saint Helena.

The Saint Constantine Chapel in the village of Avdou is a small single-aisled temple built in 1445 and dedicated to the Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaeologus, although by then the island had been under Venetian control for over two centuries. It is an example of Palaeologan Renaissance, a style corresponding to the final period of Byzantine art.

The over 1,000-year-old Saint Cyriakus Collegiate Church (Stiftskirche St. Cyriakus) is a precious example of Ottonian architecture in Gernrode. The church's most outstanding feature is the Holy Sepulchre, the oldest surviving replica of the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem.

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