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The presence of religious buildings on the site of St. George's Church has been attested since the 14th century. However, the present building is recent, dating from the 17th century, as a fire destroyed the old building in 1676. The stucco ornaments were made by Pietro Antonio Conti between 1705 and 1706; his furniture is mainly from the 18th century. The eclectic tower was built in 1882. The church houses the oldest organ in Hungary, the work of the Viennese master Johann Wöckherl from 1633.

St. George's Church was built at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan II Milutin (1282–1321) at the beginning of the 14th century. The church was originally part of an Orthodox monastery, probably founded by Romanos IV Diogenes (1068-1071) in 1070. The complex was restored by Stefan II Milutin in 1313, and the present church was built at that time. Its frescoes were painted between 1317 and 13181.

St. George's Church is a wooden Orthodox church built in 1864. The building is surmounted by an octagonal drum and an onion-shaped spire. The belfry is independent from the church.

St. George's Church is an Orthodox church built of wood in the 19th century. After the Second World War, under the Soviet regime, in 1960, the church was closed and left in ruins. In 1992, after the collapse of the USSR, the rebirth of the church in the village of Vardamichi began and in less than a year the church was restored.

St. George's Church is one of the three main churches in Wismar and a remarkable architectural monument of North German brick Gothic. The church dates from the first half of the 13th century. During its centuries-long construction, the church was modified several times and completed in 1594. The building was severely damaged during the Second World War. It was rebuilt from 1990.

St. George's Monastery was built in 1860 on the site where an old monastery was destroyed by the Ottomans in the 14th century. The new church was built thanks to the contributions of the citizens of Negotino between 1860 and 1866. The monastery houses were built a little later than the construction of the monastery church in the 1870s.

In the middle of the 12th century, the counts of Calvelage-Ravensberg built a castle at the crossing over the Moorbachtal. Some craftsmen and merchants settled near the castle and because of them, the first parish church of Sint Georg (St. George) was built at the beginning of the 13th century. Throughout the centuries, the building changed because of destruction and restorations. The current appearance of the church dates from 1598, but the massive tower with a Baroque Welsh dome was added in 1722. The building underwent a radical renovation from 2003 until 2007.

The Cathedral of St. George of Lviv is a monumental architectural complex of baroque-rococo style built between 1744 and 1762. Since 1998, the Cathedral, jointly with the historic center of Lviv, are part of the UNESCO World Heritage.

St. Gereon is one of the twelve main Romanesque churches in Cologne and one of its oldest churches. In its center, traces of a central building dating from the second half of the 4th century can be found.

St. Gertrude Old Church in Riga is an Evangelical Lutheran church built between 1864 and 1869 in neo-Gothic style. It was originally built for the German minority of Riga.