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Lillestrøm, NO
Strømmen Church is a long church from 1929. The building is made of stone and was designed in the Romanesque Revival style by the architect Olav Olson. Originally, the church was to be built of wood, but the plans were changed along the way.
Drammen, NO
Strømsgodset Church is a rectangular wooden church built in 1843. The architect of the church is Christian Heinrich Grosch. In 1938 Strømsgodset became its own parish.
Ringerike, NO
Strømsoddbygda chapel is a long church from 1953-57, known as "The Temple in the Forest", a name given to it by the poet Elling M. Solheim (1905-1971).
Drammen, NO
Strømsø Church is a wooden cruciform church dating from 1667. It has a vestry at the eastern end of the chancel and a turret above the centre of the cross plan. In 1702 the wooden exterior of the church was boarded up. The interior is strongly influenced by the renovation of the 1840s.
Brezova, RS
Noted as one of the most prominent monasteries of Serbia, this UNESCO heritage site lies 39 Kilometers southwest of the town of Kraljevo. The monastery was built in the Byzantine Raska style by Stefan Nemanja, who later abdicated and became a monk there himself. The monastery is made of white marble and is famous for its 13th and 14th century Byzantine frescoes.
Tydal, NO
Stugudal chapel is a wooden church that was built in 1957. The church has a long plan and was designed by architect John Egil Tverdahl.
Lage Vuursche, NL
Dutch Reformed Church. Built in the shape of a cross with short transepts and a three-sided closure dating from 1658 in traditional Gothic forms. Roof turret. The walls are articulated by pilasters. Internal wooden barrel vaults. Single manual organ, made in 1881 by the Gebr. van Oeckelen. Restored in 2003 by Elbertse (Soest). Bell frame with bell by Petit and Fritsen, 1938, diam. 48.8 cm.
Paris, FR
The stupa was built in 1926 to commemorate the soliders from Laos and Cambodia who died defending France in the First World War.
Langholm, GB
The Stupa of Complete Victory, located in the valley on the banks of the river Esk in Scotland, was the first Buddhist stupa to be built in the United Kingdom.
Plana, BG
The Stupa of Enlightenment is located in the village of Plana, near the capital Sofia. It is the first traditional stupa built in Bulgaria.
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