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St. Joseph's Church, built in 1901, is the Catholic Church of Alexandroupolis. At the end of the 19th century, Catholicism was one of the many denominations in this remarkably diverse city. The city's Catholic community consisted mainly of employees of the consulates established in the new port, but also of traders and businessmen from the West who came here to work with the East. It is a three-nave, carved stone parish church with two rows of green marble columns and rich decoration. It is the only Catholic church in Western Thrace. Thanks to its excellent acoustics and since its renovation in 2006, it often hosts cultural events of a religious nature.

St. Joseph's Church was originally a Roman Catholic church, part of a Franciscan monastery and, later, a monastery of Angelines. Its relatively austere Baroque building dates from 1651-1653. After the abolition of the monastery in 1782, it became a parish church. In 2009, the Greek Catholic Church recovered the church.

St. Joseph's Church was built in 1869-70 and is the first Catholic church built in the city since the Reformation. The present church was built in the Gothic Revival style, as were its furnishings.

St. Joseph's Church was built in the years 1905-1909 according to a design by Jan Sas-Zubrzycki. It replaces a church built in 1832, which was in a poor state of repair at the end of the 19th century. The church has a Gothic Revival style inspired by the Vistula Gothic, which is considered to be the manifestation of a true national architectural style of Poland. The tower is modelled on the tower of St. Mary's Church in Krakow.

St. Joseph's Church was founded in the 17th century by Carmelites. In 1864, after the uprising of January, and the dissolution of the Order which followed, the building served as a garrison. In 1919, the church again passed into the hands of the Carmelites.

St. Joseph's Church is a Catholic church whose construction began in 1936. It was built in the neo-Romanesque style and was designed and built by the architect Carlo Paržik (1857-1942). The main marble altar of the church is a gift of Pope Pius XII.

St. Joseph's Church is the second oldest Catholic church in the city. Construction of St. Joseph's Church began in 1913 according to the plans of the architect Adolf Gaudy from Rorschach. In 1973, the exterior of the church was renovated, and in 1976-1977 the interior was renovated.

Little is known about the origins of St. Julian's Church, as the original building was largely destroyed in 1942 during the "Norwich Blitz". The present church is a restoration completed in 1953. However, the church is famous for having been the place where Lady Julian (1342 - 1416) stayed most of her life as an anchoress. During her confinement in the church, she wrote the "Revelations of Divine Love", the oldest book in the English language to have been written by a woman.

The Church of St. Katharinen was founded in the 13th century. The present building was constructed from about 1300 to 1500, with several interruptions. The church, which has been Protestant since 1543, was used by the Swedish legation to hold church services and meetings during the peace negotiations of the Thirty Years' War from 1643 to 1648. The proximity of the castle, built from 1669 as the residence of the Prince-Bishops of Osnabrück, made St. Katharinen a court church. Towards the end of the Second World War, St. Katharinen's fell victim to fire during the last of the air raids on Osnabrück on 25 March 1945. The church was rededicated in 1950. In 1990 it had to be closed for basic repairs to the interior. After extensive renovation work, the church was reopened in November 1992.

St. Kinga's Chapel is located 101 metres underground and is one of the biggest attractions of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.