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The Almudena Cathedral is the most important religious building in Madrid. On June 15, 1993, its construction began on April 4, 1883 when King Alfonso XII laid the first stone. The interior of La Almudena surprises by having completely different details to other cathedrals: the ceiling and the stained-glass windows set aside the classic style to give way to bright colours and straight lines.

The Cathedral of the Savior in its Epiphany of Saragossa was built on the site of an ancient Roman forum and a mosque Saraqusta, whose minaret still remains in the current tower. The building was started in the 12th century in the Romanesque style and underwent many renovations and extensions until the 18th century. it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.

The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar was built between 1681 and 1754 in a classical style. It is famous for containing a pillar which, according to tradition, was placed by the Virgin Mary in the year 40. The cathedral is a listed monument and one of the 12 “Treasures of Spain”.

The Cathedral Basilica of Eger, built between 1831 and 1836 according to the plans of József Hild in the classicist style, is one of the largest churches in Hungary. It replaced a medieval church, which served as a mosque in Turkish times, and was demolished in the 1820s. The basilica was fully completed in the 1950s, when, among other things, the frescoes on the church ceiling were made.

The Cathedral of the Assumption was first built in the Romanesque style in the 11th century, only the apse of this first building has survived to this day. In the second half of the 15th century, a reconstruction of the church was undertaken in the Gothic style, and was completed in the 1480's. Ruined after the passage of the Turks, the cathedral was rebuilt on the basis of the plans of the Italian architect Giovanni Battista Rava in the Baroque style from 1639 to 1645.

The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is composed of two religious buildings connected to each other: the old (early seventeenth century) and the new (early twentieth century).

The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption was built in the 14th to 15th centuries. Construction began during the reign of the Polish king Casimir the Great in 1370. The presbytery was completed in 1404, the nave in 1474 and the cathedral was consecrated by Bishop Maciej Janina in 1405. During the great fire in Lviv in 1527, the cathedral was severely damaged. Between 1765 and 1772, a fundamental reconstruction was ordered, during which many funerary monuments, epitaphs and altars from the Gothic and Renaissance periods were removed. The building took on a late Baroque character with Rococo elements. In 1777, one of the two towers was fitted with a rococo helmet. At the end of the 19th century, the presbytery was renovated in the Gothic style according to the plans of Julian Zachariewicz. At the end of the 19th century, stained glass windows were installed.

The Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family was built between 1901 and 1927 according to a design by Konstanty Wojciechowski. It is a temple with three naves, built in brick with the use of stone in the architectural details. The Cathedral is one of the largest temples in Poland.

Built in 1410 in the French Gothic style, the church was commissioned by Jean de Bethencourt, the Norman colonist who founded Betancuria. The idea of ​​placing Betancuria in this mountainous area of ​​Fuerteventura stemmed from the need to protect the island from pirate attacks. Architecturally, it is made entirely of white stone, with three galleries, a Mudejar-inspired roof and a rectangular tower. It contains a 17th century Baroque altarpiece, Franciscan inspired icons and many elements of Christian tradition.

St. Alexander's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church built on a cruciform plan with a dome at the intersection of the naves in the classical style. It was built between 1817 and 1842, under the direction of Vincenzo Beretti, to celebrate the victory of Tsar Alexander I over Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1937 the church was closed by the Soviet authorities and between 1952 and 1990 it was used as a planetarium and historical library, for which the altars were removed. In 1990 it was returned to the Roman Catholic community, restored until 1994 and rededicated on 7 October 1995.