Prijepolje Cathedral
Prijepolje, RS
Prijepolje Cathedral, dedicated to St. Basil of Ostrog, was founded on 22 July 1890 in the centre of Prijepolje, on the site of an older church dating from 1852.
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Prijepolje, RS
Prijepolje Cathedral, dedicated to St. Basil of Ostrog, was founded on 22 July 1890 in the centre of Prijepolje, on the site of an older church dating from 1852.
London, GB
The Princes Street Synagogue in London is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in 1718-19. It was rebuilt in 1870 by John Hudson, in 1892-93 by Lewis Solomon, then in 1928, 1939 and 1983. The brick building now serves as a museum.
Liverpool, GB
The Princess Road Synagogue in Liverpool was built in 1872-74 by architect Audsley Bros. The synagogue was rebuilt in 1898. This brick building in the Romantic Historicist style still serves as a synagogue.
Rotterdam, NL
Built as Dutch Reformed Church in the Rotterdam district of Blijdorp, north of (= behind) the Central Station. Beautiful church. Architecturally exceptionally important interbellum church, with a series of outbuildings surrounding the inner garden, including a chapel, and an extremely original tower. Both the church and the adjacent parsonage are municipal monuments. Large hall church, built in 1933 by JC Meischke and P. Schmidt. Rectangular narrow tower with tent roof. Internal lobed wooden barrel vault. Furniture, organ and pulpit come from the former Reformed Oosterkerk in Rotterdam, which was demolished in 1933. After the demolition of the nearby Reformed Statensingelkerk, it was also used by the Reformed Church. Later a church of the PKN. The large church space has also been used by the IZB Gemeente Noorderlicht since 02-07-2012, which holds services on Sundays at 11:00. (Meaning of abbreviation IZB to be verified). The PKN church services (largely) take place in the Chapel of the complex, on Sundays at 10:00. To be verified since when this has been the case. In the large, monumental church hall, celebrations take place of the Noorderlicht congregation, a special congregation of the PKN. This congregation also holds Sunday celebrations in 2 other churches: the Oranjekerk in Hillegersberg and the Oude Kerk in Charlois in Rotterdam Zuid.
s-Gravenhage, NL
Built as Dutch Reformed Church in the Duindorp district of Scheveningen. Beautiful, architecturally important, iconic interbellum church with a large saddleback tower. Since 1 July 2009, together with the (disused and demolished) Reformed Pniël Church, one PKN congregation.
La Charité-sur-Loire, FR
Priory Notre-Dame of Charity-sur-Loire is a Benedictine priory funded in 1059 as “daughter-house” of the Cluny abbey, in Burgundy. Closed in 1791, the priory was listed as a historical monument in 1840 and inscribed in 1998 on the UNESCO World Heritage List under the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage Route.
Duravel, FR
The first documentary records of the church date back to 1055. The complex consists of a Romanesque church (although with later modifications) with three naves and three apses, which open into a transept. It also conserves the crypt where the holy relics were kept.
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, FR
This church is dedicated to the two Holy Marys: Mary of Cleophas (mother of the Apostle St. James the Less) and Mary Salome (mother of the Apostles Sts. James and John), mentioned in the Gospels. Fate would have brought the two Holy Marys to the Camargue coast, where they settled. At their death they were buried in this place where a church was built and later a monastery.
Burgomillodo, ES
This site has its origins in the figure of Saint Frutos, a hermit monk who settled in a nearby place. This place has been identified in recent times with the cave of Siete Altares, upstream.
Cervelló, ES
The church of Sant Ponç de Corbera is a Romanesque building dating from the 11th century. It is the only survivor of the monastic complex that stood in this place in medieval times. The cloister and other monastic buildings have been reduced to some remains due to the urbanization of the area.
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