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Church of Theotokos Kyriotissa is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans -Kalenderhane Mosque. With high probability the church was originally dedicated to the Theotokos Kyriotissa. This building represents one among the few extant examples of a Byzantine church with domed Greek cross plan.

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The Toussaints church is a parish church in Rennes located south of the Vilaine river, in baroque counter-reform style. The present church replaces the old Toussaint church which was located on the site of the present Halles further west. The first stone was laid on 16 July 1624 by the bishop of Rennes.

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The church was originally built between 1703 and 1731. Back then, it was used as a Roman Catholic church of the Holy Trinity of the Trinitarian Order. The style of the building was French classicism with a Baroque interior. The monastery was abolished by the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II in 1783, after which the church was used as a library of the Lviv University. In 1848, the building was destroyed by Austrian artillery during the Spring of Nations. It was the Greek Catholic Church that rebuilt the church. Most of the original design was kept, but the apse was added to the short presbytery, and domes that now dominate the facade were built on the church towers. The interior needed to undergo much deeper changes to suit the needs of Eastern Rite liturgy.

The church of Vera Cruz was completed in 1208 and probably built by the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. An apse was added to the original building, which is now used as a sacristy, and later the tower was added, which was initially separated from the temple, and later the three apses that make up the head of the present church. It is an incredibly well preserved Romanesque church and was declared a National Monument in 1919.

The church of Vestnes is a wooden church from 1872, built by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. On the altar there is a crucifix dating from 1639 with the initials of Jens Bjelkes and his wife.