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The Baptistery of Saint Paul is an early Christian ensemble. It is not certain when the original baptistery was built, but we know that in 1304 the square porch was added and the baptistery was converted into a church. According to popular tradition, at this point the Apostle Paul would have made a pause in his journey to the then capital of the island Gortyn.

Bar Cathedral is one of the two Catholic cathedrals in Montenegro, along with the one in Kotor. The building, built in neo-gothic style, was consecrated in 1828, but the archdiocese of Bar dates back to the 10th century.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The present Barbastro Cathedral was built between 1517 and 1533 and was financed by the city council with the aim of creating the conditions for the city to become an episcopal see again, a status lost in 1149 and regained in 1573. There was previously another building on the same site, consecrated in 1101 by the first Bishop of Barbastro, San Poncio, after the conquest of the city by King Peter I of Aragon, which was in turn built on the site previously occupied by the great Muslim mosque.

Built as a Reformed Church. Designed by Tjeerd Kuipers and put into use in 1906. In 1966, an organ was installed in the church, built in 1921 by Gebr. Rohlfing for the Reformed Church in Yerseke. It was demolished in 1971, after which a so-called Unit organ was installed by the Verschueren company. In 2000 another instrument arrived, built in 1957 by W van Leeuwen Gzn. for the Reformed Church in Kamperland, which closed in 1988. The organ was then moved by Pels & van Leeuwen to the Barbestein Church. It is not known whether the Salvation Army still uses the organ and whether religious services are still held in the former church.

The Barbu church is a neo-gothic style church dating from 1879-80. Initially, the brick wall was only plastered on the inside, but after some time it was found that the brick material was not of the necessary quality, so that the outside also had to be plastered. All the interior wood was stained, imitating oak.

In the place of the demolished medieval church, two masters of Merghindeal built a hall church covered by suspended domes in the 19th century. The bell tower with parapet walk and stairways to the upper levels built in the thickness of the walls originates from the 15th century. It was easy for a single man to block the stairways which are only 60 to 70cm wide. The remaining fragments of the ring wall bear traces of two medieval defence towers and also boast the holes of the former beams supporting the parapet walk.

Bardal Church is a wooden church built in a long church style in 1887 by the architect I. C. Olsen.

Alone in the fens between Bardeny and Wragby, this humble church has been used for worship for almost 150 years.

St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral was first mentioned in 1146. It dates from the time of Henry the Lion, who first promoted the town. The octagonal towers were already built around 1300. Presumably they were supposed to be much higher.