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The church of Panagia Acheroizitis is an extremely well preserved paleochristian basilica. Built in the fifth century on Roman baths, this church was the first to be converted into a mosque around 1430 under the name "Eski Camii" and was used as such until 1930. It is a World Heritage Site. Since 1988

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According to the inscription above the southern door, the church was built in 1709. The same inscription also mentions the name of the master-carpenter who built the church: Yakiv from Sniatyn. The building underwent restorations in 1765 and during the 18th and 19th centuries. The church was closed in the early 1960s. It was recognized as a unique religious monument in 1968 and restored in 1980. The building reopened as part of the Pysanka Museum in 1983.

The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1692, and its present appearance is the result of a major renovation and enlargement according to the plans of Hermann Bollé (1845-1926). The spacious building with a single nave, concluded by a polygonal sanctuary next to the choir, has side chapels and a sacristy. The nave is divided into three transepts with a cross barrel vault. The neo-Romanesque exterior is dominated by an octagonal tower in front of the central axis of the main façade.

This Greek Orthodox Church in Utrecht is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Mother of God. It offers services in Greek and Dutch.

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The Church of the Annunciation was built in 1810 on the site of an earlier church which was destroyed by the Ottomans. It is listed in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture of the municipality of Chisinau.

This church is a former collegiate church, first built in the 17th century, then raised to the rank of collegiate church in the 18th century by Pope Benedict VI. It underwent a lot of work and renovations in the 19th century, such as the pediment on the main façade. The apse and the triumphal arch are decorated with magnificent neo-classical paintings, dating from the 19th century.

This church was first built in the 15th century in what is now old Corte. However, it was remodelled and enlarged in the 17th century. Its bell tower, which rises relatively high, makes it possible to locate it from a greater distance, and also plays on the impressive aspect of the building.

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