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Seminary Church

Seminary Church

Chernivtsi, UA

The seminary church is an Orthodox church built in 1882. On 28 June 2011, during the 35th session of the UNESCO Committee, the church was inscribed on the World Heritage List as part of the architectural ensemble of the Residence of Metropolitans of Bukovina and Dalmatia. The five-domed church was built in the Byzantine style with elements of eclecticism. Stylized "crosses of Constantinople" are installed on the domes.

Semsstraatkerk

Stadskanaal, NL

The church was founded in 1830 as the Dutch Reformed Church. After the formation of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) in 2004, the building was used by the Protestant Community of Stadskanaal, Semsstraatkerk district. The church is the oldest church in Stadskanaal.

Senec Jewish Cemetery

Senec Jewish Cemetery

Senec, SK

The cemetery was founded in approximately 1880. The graves are not separated by gender, and the inscriptions are written mostly in Hebrew and German.

Sengskroken kirke

Sengskroken kirke

Karlsøy, NO

Sengskroken Church is a wooden church that was built in 1962. The church has a long plan and was designed by the architect Knut P. Bugge. The design of the building was the same as that of the Billefjord chapel in Finnmark.

Sens Cathedral

Sens, FR

A primitive building was located at the present location of the cathedral (6th-7th century). In 1122, the architect Henri Sanglier began the reconstruction of the Carolingian cathedral to build one of the first Gothic buildings. The church was consecrated in 1164 by the Pope. The building was completely completed at the end of the 13th century. Chapels were added in the 13th and 14th centuries, then a transept in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Sephardi Synagogue in Varna

Sephardi Synagogue in Varna

Varna, BG

The Sephardi Synagogue in Varna was built in 1890 and is now abandoned. This brick building contains elements of both Neo-Moorish and Neo-Romanesque style.

Serbian Orthodox Cathedral

Serbian Orthodox Cathedral

Zagreb, HR

The Cathedral Church of the Transfiguration in Zagreb is the cathedral of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The building was built in 1866 on the site of an old Catholic church, St. Margaret's, mentioned since 1334 and sold to the Orthodox in 1794.

Serbian Orthodox Church, Budapest

Serbian Orthodox Church, Budapest

Budapest, HU

The Serbian Orthodox Church of St. George the Great Martyr was founded by Serbian settlers fleeing from the Turks at the end of the 17th century. Demolished in 1731, this church was replaced by a new baroque church in 1733. The bell tower was completed in 1752. Its iconostasis, reflecting an influence of the Italian Renaissance, was completed in 1850.

Serednie Vodiane Jewish Cemetery

Serednie Vodiane Jewish Cemetery

Serednie Vodiane, UA

The period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It appears on a cadastral map of 1860, but the earliest preserved gravestone dates from the first half of the 19th century. The fence was installed by ESJF in November 2016.

Šerefudin's White Mosque, Visoko

Šerefudin's White Mosque, Visoko

Visoko , BA

Šerefudin's White Mosque is a contemporary mosque designed by Bosnian architect Zlatko Ugljen. The original mosque was founded in 1477. The building was reconstructed in 1980 and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1983.

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