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Parish Church of St. st. Simon and Jude Tadeusz in Pogwizdów from the end of the 15th century is one of the oldest churches in Lesser Poland.

The church of Archangel Michael is a wooden church probably founded in the 13th century. The current church, incredibly well preserved, was built mainly in the second half of the 15th century, in the Gothic style. Together with other wooden churches in the region, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The church of Bagn dates from 1736. It has undergone several major renovations and improvements. In 1897, the walls were covered with exterior panels and the old windows were replaced by new, larger ones. Inside, parts of the interior were renovated and painted in new colours. Also, in 1901, the church seems to have undergone a major repair. On the occasion of the anniversary in 1936, they wanted to restore the church to more original design. The large windows from 1897 were replaced with windows similar to those that existed before. The last part of the restoration took place in 1963-65 when the church received a new exterior panel and was painted dark brown. The church has several 18th and 18th-century paintings.

A picturesque site, the church sits on a granite rocky outcrop encased in a remarkable natural circus.

The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church in Przesławice was built in the nearby Gołcza in the 18th century, on the basis of fragments of the temple from 1657

The church of Bourg-Saint-Pierre would have been built around the year 1000 by Hugues, bishop of Geneva. The Romanesque building was destroyed and rebuilt over the years. The current Baroque building was built in 1739, keeping the old bell tower, which is the oldest in the Valais. This bell tower has a carillon consisting of six bells melted down and installed by the Rüetschi foundry in Aarau in 1932.

The Church of Christ Pantocrator is an Orthodox church built in the 13th-14th century and is one of the most remarkable and best-preserved medieval churches in Nessebar. In the middle of the nave rise four slender columns that once carried a dome. The drum of the dome, richly decorated, has 8 arched windows. The narthex is relatively cramped, with a medieval tomb on its floor. Inside the walls, only traces of the original frescoes that once covered them are preserved.

The Church of Christ the King of Fey was built between 1947 and 1950 to replace the former chapel of the Martenette, built in 1930. The exterior structure of the church is made of tufa stone. Its bell tower is overhung by two crossed arches and forms a dome, surmounted by a cross. Its eastern façade is decorated with a statue of the Virgin Mary above its main entrance.

The Church of Christ was built between 1591 and 1592. The oldest part of the church is the tower, which originates from the predecessor church of St. Nicholas, which was demolished in 1591. The church has extraordinarily well-preserved furnishings that are among the oldest in Denmark.

The Church of Cristo de la Luz, formerly the Bab al-Mardum Mosque, was one of the ten mosques that the city once had and is the best preserved. Founded in 999, various elements, mainly an apse, were added to it in the 12th century, after the Christian conquest of the city, making it one of the oldest known examples of Mudéjar art.