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The Cathedral of Brindisi was consecrated by Pope Urban II in 1089 and completed in 1143. Heavily damaged by the earthquake of 1743, it was rebuilt until the completion of the church bell in 1795. In the 1920s, the façade was completed with a tympanum, later replaced in 1957 by statues of saints. Inside there are fragments of the mosaic floor from 1178.

The Cathedral of Cadiz stands on the site of an ancient cathedral, completed in 1260 and destroyed by fire in 1596. The reconstruction of the present cathedral was supervised by the architect Vicente Acero, who also built Granada Cathedral. The result is a building typical of Baroque architecture, built over a period of 116 years, the length of which has led to numerous modifications to the initial plans; it incorporates elements of Rococo style, among others, and was completed in Neoclassical style.

This cathedral was built in 1247 on the orders of Saint Louis, to replace a sanctuary destroyed 7 years earlier during a siege of the city. A fire in 1849 slowed down the work undertaken to transfer the seat of the bishop.

The Cathedral of Castellón de la Plana is a place of worship in Valencian Gothic style with historicist and neo-Gothic additions. The old Gothic church from the 14th century was destroyed in 1936, leaving only the three entrance portals and some constructive and ornamental elements. The oldest portal is the one overlooking Calle Arcipreste Balaguer, which, according to documentation, dates from 1382 and is the work of Guillem Coll.

The Cathedral of Catanzaro was first built in 1121 in Norman times and dedicated by Callisto II to Santa Maria Assunta and the Apostles Peter and Paul. In 1309 the Chapel of San Vitaliano was built on the left side façade and in 1588 the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament was built in front of it. In the altar of the Chapel of St. Vitaliano, the relics of St. Vitaliano, patron saint of the city, and of St. Fortunato and St. Ireneo, ancient patrons of the Byzantine city, have been placed in three niches. The church was also remodelled in 1511 with a Renaissance façade, which collapsed after the earthquake of 1638.

The Cathedral of Ceuta, was built in the 15th century by the Portuguese conquerors on the foundations of a 6th century Justinian church which had become a mosque in the meantime. It has undergone numerous transformations since then, the most notable being its façade, which has become neoclassical, in addition to a Renaissance portal in black marble and a Baroque altar in a chapel.

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Kaliningrad. Until 1985 there were no Orthodox churches in Kaliningrad, the parishes that opened from that year on were in old German churches, in great need of restoration. The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was built from 1995, the year of the 10th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Kaliningrad.

The construction of the Cathedral of Ciudad Rodrigo began in 1168, during the reign of Ferdinand II of León, in the Romanesque style. The work was completed two centuries later and, in the meantime, a Gothic-style was given to the cathedral.

The Cathedral of Como is a late Gothic style building built between 1396 and 1740. The length of its construction period is expressed in its architecture which mixes Gothic elements such as the built facade, Renaissance elements particularly visible from the rear of the cathedral, and finally, the rococo dome whose completion marks the end of the construction of the cathedral.

The construction of the Cathedral of Coria began in 1498 and was completed 250 years later, in 1748. The earthquake of 1 November 1755, which destroyed Lisbon, seriously damaged it. The cathedral is in Transitional Gothic style, with important Plateresque and Baroque additions. The tower bell tower designed by Manuel de Lara Churriguera (1690-1755).