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The Church of St. James the Elder is a Gothic church built between the 14th and 15th centuries. Over the years, the church has been repaired and partially rebuilt several times. The roof was repaired in 1650 and after two hundred years, slate was once again chosen for the roof. Frequent repairs were necessary for the north tower, which was struck by lightning on several occasions. The last complete restoration of the church dates back to the 1940s. In 1995, together with other monuments in the historic centre of Kutná Hora, it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The parish was founded in the 13th century and since its inception has been administered by priests from the Premonstratensian order, who founded in 1121 Norbert.

The parish church of St. James the Elder and Catherine of Alexandria in Raciechowice was built in 1720 on the site of the previous church from the 17th century, from which the presbytery was probably used.

The Baroque church of St. James was built in the 18th century on top of an older church first mentioned in 1276. The present church burned down twice: in 1814 and in 1882. The tower was built from the old church and according to the design of F. Tomašek from Dubnica, it was rebuilt after 1816. On 7 July 1944 Dubnica was bombed due to the presence of Skoda factories. The church was damaged but repaired in the 1960s.

The Church of St. James was built from 1309 to the 15th century and is one of the most important examples of the brick architecture of the Baltic Sea basin. Managed by Cistercians and then Benedictines, it became a Protestant church in the years 1557-1667, and only became a Catholic parish church in the 19th century.

The church of St. Jernej was built at the end of the 17th century. The main altar dates from the beginning of the 18th century and is in the style of the so-called golden altars typical of the 17th century. The earthquake of 1917 damaged the church so badly that it was no longer useful for worship. Therefore, in 1922 it was repaired and repainted. It was renovated again in 1990.

The church of St. Jernej is mentioned for the first time in documents from the 14th century. On 17th April 1825, the church was severely damaged by a fire, after which it underwent multiple renovations. With the construction of a new church, St. Francis Church, in the 1920s, the church lost its importance because it became too small. Today it is, therefore, an annex church in which Holy Mass is celebrated only once a week. On 30 October 1370, in front of the church, the Habsburgs signed an agreement with the Republic of Venice to return Trieste to Venice in exchange for 75,000 gold coins.

Church of St. Joachim in Krzyżanowice was probably founded in 1746 (according to some sources in 1699).

The Church of San Juan de la Plaza is a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist and rebuilt in 1789 during the reign of Maria I of Portugal. It is very close to the Tagus River and the emblematic Alfama district of Lisbon.

The church of St. Job in Uccle dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. The castral chapel of the Lords of Carloo (dating from 1622) survived the fire of the castle of Carloo during the Brabant revolution (1789-1790), but was replaced in 1836 by a church, the first parish of Uccle, as the city of Brussels expanded southward. As Uccle had become a suburb of Brussels at the end of the 19th century and its population had grown considerably, this parish church was demolished and replaced in 1911 by the new Saint-Job church, the work of architect Jules Bilmeyer.