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The current structure of this church is a reconstruction, built on the ruins of the old church that was destroyed by the Soviets. The original church was constructed in the 17th century. The church follows the traditional Ukranian design and includes 9 domes.

The Church of the Holy Parasceve in Poienile Izei is a wooden church of Maramureş built in 1632. The church was painted by local painters at the end of the 18th century. The porch was added in the first half of the 19th century and at the end of the same century, rectangular windows between the naves were built.

St. Paraschiva's Church of Desești is one of seven listed churches in Maramureş County. Built between 1770 and 1780 and restored in the 1990s, the church has preserved in remarkable condition paintings covering all the walls of its three rooms.

Empshott is a beautiful area of English farmland and woodland at the headwaters of the River Rother. The Church of the Holy Rood, which is 13th century, though there has inevitably been some rebuilding over the centuries, including a charming bell turret. The church is the heart of the village.

The Church of the Holy Saviour is a 14th-century Orthodox church.The medieval church is surrounded by the walls of what was to be a larger church that would encapsulate the old one. However, work on the second church was never completed.

The construction of the Church of the Holy Spirit dates back to the beginning of the 14th century. Originally part of a hospital, it became a church in 1524. In 2007, after extensive restoration work, the North German Nativity Museum was opened in this building.

The Catholic parish church of the Holy Spirit was built in 1898-99 according to the plans of the Stuttgart architect Ulrich Pohlhammer. The neo-Gothic interior of the church was redesigned in 1998-99 with concentric seating and a new altar.

The Church of the Holy Spirit takes its name from the Order of the Holy Spirit, responsible for the hospital formerly attached to the Church. The church was first mentioned in the 13th century as the chapel of a hospital, which was replaced by a church in 1496. This slowly fell into disrepair with the Reformation and was only partially reused for the church from 1604 onwards. From 1726 to 1729, the church was rebuilt in the Baroque style.

The Church of the Holy Spirit is a building built between 1398 and 1515, mixing Gothic and Baroque architecture. Originally used as a burial place for the electors of the Palatinate, most of the tombs were destroyed along with parts of the church during the Nine Years' War (1688-1697). From 1706, the church was divided into two parts between a Protestant and a Catholic side, but after 1936 it became entirely Protestant.

The Church of the Holy Spirit, or simply Hvide Sande Church, was completed in 1954 and inaugurated in the presence of King Frederik IX and the Queen. It is built of yellow stones in a neo-Romanesque style. Inside, a model ship hangs from the roof.