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Bäl Church is one of the 92 medieval churches on the island of Gotland.

The Balaguša Mosque is one of the many domed mosques in Livno, which is believed to have been erected between 1530 and 1550. Balaguša Mosque, like all domed mosques in Livno, belongs to the Ottoman type of one-room mosque with a porch covered with three small domes.

Bali-Bey Mosque is a former Ottoman place of worship located in the Niš Fortress. It was built between 1521-23. Following the model of Ottoman mosques of the period, it is rectangular in plan, with a porch at the entrance and a central dome crowning the building.

The Balingen Cemetery Church was built in the 11th century and was originally the parish church of the village. In the 14th century, the church was demolished and the church that still exists today was built. Parts of the previous Romanesque building have been preserved in the tower and the nave. In 1912 the cemetery church was renovated. It revealed frescoes that the Brotherhood of San Sebastian had painted in the choir of the church.

Besides some oldest part dating back to the 12th century, there are also 15th century frescos. The church is built of partly whitewashed fieldstone. It is a hall church ending in a choir with an apse.

The Balke church is a high medieval stone church with a rectangular nave and a relatively short chancel with a semicircular end. In 1714 the old porch was demolished and the church was extended to the west. Originally, the nave had two narrow windows to the south, while the present windows appeared in 1822. Only the arched windows in the apse have their original shape.

The Cathedral of the Annunciation or simply Ballaghaderreen Cathedral was built in the neo-Gothic style from 1855 to 1860. The bell tower with a spire and a carillon of bells was added in 1912 by the project architect, William H. Byrne.

Ballangen Church was consecrated in 1923 after a royal decree authorised the consecration of a church building on the site for use by settlers on the south side of Ofotfjorden. The church was restored in 1998 and then returned to its original style.

A shrine style like that of the Naziresha Mosque in the same town, it is the typical Albanian Islamic achitecture. The style consists a prayer hall, the portico at the front of the entrance and the minaret to the right and a raised hemispherical dome with an octagonal polygonal drum.

The Church of Ireland is a province of the Anglican Communion. Ballyholme is in the United Dioceses of Down and Dromore and one of nine parishes in the Area Deanery of Clandeboye. St Columbanus is a growing Church of Ireland parish on the Groomsport Road right in the heart of Ballyholme village.