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Its construction was due to the intervention of Father Luís Lopes, first rector of the Jesuit College of Ponta Delgada who, in 1635, was forced by a storm to dock in Faial, when he was heading to the island of São Miguel. The fact is narrated in the work of Father António Franco published in 1720, where it is also recorded that the Colégio dos Jesuítas da Horta was built at the expense of Francisco Dutra de Quadros and his wife, Isabel da Silveira.

The temple was erected at the end of the 15th century, integrating one of the first hospital buildings on the island of São Miguel - the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vila Franca. In the 17th century it underwent conservation works, the same occurring in the 18th century.

Church of St. st. Szymon and Judy Tadeusz the Apostles in Nidek was consecrated in 1536 or 1539, probably on the site of an earlier one, as the local parish was established already in 1313.

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Church of St Aeddan, Bettws Newydd is a well-preserved and well-restored 15th-century medieval parish church. It is suggested that the foundations of the church were laid down in the 12th century.

This chapel dedicated to Saint Anne is located on a hill in the village of Busch. It is a natural stone building, rebuilt in 1898 on the basis of a 1696 choir.

The 17th-century Church of St. Anne in České Budějovice serves as a concert hall owned by the South Bohemian Philharmonic, with excellent acoustics and a 218-seat auditorium.

The church of St Anne (Agia Anna) is built on top of a hill overlooking the natural environment around Piskokefalo.

The new Church of St Ante in the municipality of Humac is a few metres away from the former Franciscan Monastery of this little village near Ljubuški.

The Franciscan convent of Santo António was founded in 1524 by Dona Violante Henriques, during the reign of King João III. The convent church is also of interest for its arcades supported by Tuscan columns at the entrance and the tile panels alluding to the life of St Anthony. On the ground there are various tombstones of noblemen who chose this as their last home.