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Aya Yorgi Church is a Greek Orthodox church and Monastery from the 6th century. It is located on Büyükada island, near Istanbul, Turkey. The church was rebuilt in the 18th and 20th centuries. It has rich frescoes and iconography.

Sponsored by Sultan Abdul Aziz, the roof of the mosque collasped in 1976 after years of neglegance. Renovation begun in 1990, and two years later in 1992, regular prayers resumed in the monument. Interesting thing about the mihrab niche of the mosuqe is that it is decorated with a golden door from the Kaaba.

The Azizija Mosque was built in 1862, at the time when many Muslims from Serbia emigrated to the area of Brčko. The mosque is named after Sultan Abd - ul Aziz, who was in power at the time.

Azizija Mosque (Azizija džamija) is a historic mosque in Kostajnica, originally built in 1862 by Ottoman Sultan Abdul-Aziz. The mosque was destroyed in 1992 and rebuilt in 2008.

Aziziye Mosque is an Islamic place of worship founded by the UK Turkish Islamic Association using the building of an old cinema.

After a major restoration, the 19th century church of Baaium looks beautiful again. The church can be considered very special, both inside and out; there is, among other things, a baptismal font from the fifteenth century.

Babownya Jewish Cemetery has the remains of about ten tombstones that date from between 1893 and 1907. The site was fenced by ESJF in November 2019.

Babynichy Jewish Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial site with about 200 tombstones. The cemetery was fenced by ESJF in June 2021.

This mosque built in 1928 was formerly known as the Sylejman Pasha Mosque. It is listed as a culutral heritage site of Albania. Its frescoes on the interior also date from the 1920s.

This church was built in the 16th century when Jacob Ulfsson was archbishop. There was a fire in 1893 and another in 1986 when only the arches and the walls remained standing.