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The cathedral of Terrassa was built between 1574 and 1616 in the Gothic style. During the Civil War of 1936-1939, it suffered a fire that affected the interior of the basilica and was used during the war as a car park; the restoration was completed in 1958. In 1999, the bell tower and façade were completed and a new section was added to the attic.

The territorial abbey of Einsiedeln is a Benedictine monastery founded in the 10th century, but the present Baroque monastery was built from 1674 to 1735 according to the plans of Caspar Moosbrugger. Since 1130, the monastery has been a double abbey where two communities live in two different places under one abbot: men in Einsiedeln, women in Fahr. The monastery is an important station of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and the destination of many pilgrims. The "Black Madonna" of Einsiedeln in the Gnadenkapelle attracts about one million pilgrims and tourists every year.

Teruel Cathedral was founded in 1171 as a Romanesque church to which a Mudéjar tower was added in the 13th century. It was not until 1587 that it became a cathedral with the creation of the diocese of Teruel. A notable example of Mudéjar architecture, it has been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 1986, along with other Aragonese Mudéjar buildings.

On the site where sawmills once stood, the synagogue of the Tesjoengat Israel or 'Vereeniging Hulpe Israëls' was inaugurated in 1892 at Gerard Doustraat 238. The Jewish architect Emanuel Marcus Rood (also the architect of the Central Israelite Nursing Service in Jacob Obrechtstraat) designed the building, which was built in neo-Dutch Renaissance style. Because many diamond workers felt at home here, the synagogue was also called the 'Diamond Synagogue'.

The Teşvikiye mosque was built in 1794 at the instigation of Sultan Selim III (1789-1807), but most of the present mosque dates from the reign of Sultan Abdulmejid I (1839-1861) and was completed in 1854. The mosque is part of a group of buildings built at the same time in a strong European style, such as the Dolmabahçe Palace and the Mosque of Ortaköy. At the end of the 19th century it was renovated to its present appearance.

The Tevhid Mosque is a mosque and multicultural centre in the neighbourhood of Brusselsepoort, Maastricht. It is a red brick rectangular building with a small dome and a slender, aluminium-clad minaret. It was inaugurated in 1991.

With its enormous and imposing central tower, Tewkesbury Abbey is a Norman church built on a cathedral scale. The sheer size of the building is further emphasised by the west end, which is entirely made up of a huge arch that rises to the full height of the nave. The look and feel of grandeur is continued inside, where giant pillars soar up to the roof.

Reconstruction church without tower.

Community founded in 1926, in Rotterdam-IJsselmonde Modern church building without tower, with 550 seats. Inaugurated on 4 June 1969. In the 1980s fitted with roller shutters, which greatly reduced the church building's vulnerability to burglary.

Modern church without tower in large expansion district in the north of Hengelo. Expansion in 1999. In shared use by the Protestant Samen op Weg (SoW) congregation, named "Brongemeente". This SoW congregation in Hengelo-Noord first met in a Christian primary school. As of January 1, 1997, the Brongemeente moved to the Roman Catholic Thabor church. This collaboration went so well that in 1999 the number of ancillary rooms of the Thabor church was more than doubled. And it continued to go very well. In the summer of 2008, the Thabor complex was furnished multi-functionally and a matching kitchen was added. (60-08)