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Church, mosque or temple in Europe

248 places, most popular first.

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Boyana Church

Sofia, Bulgaria

A small medieval church with remarkable thirteenth-century frescoes.

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Cathedral of Our Lady

Antwerp, Belgium

A soaring Gothic cathedral with paintings by Rubens.

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Cathedral of Saint Domnius

Split, Croatia

A cathedral inside the former mausoleum of the Roman emperor, with a bell tower you can climb.

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Cathedral of St James

Sibenik, Croatia

A Renaissance cathedral built entirely of stone, famed for a frieze of carved faces on its apses.

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Church of St Donatus

Zadar, Croatia

A round pre-Romanesque church from the early Middle Ages, built using stones from the Roman forum.

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Church of St Euphemia

Rovinj, Croatia

The baroque hilltop church whose bell tower defines Rovinj's skyline.

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Church of St Sophia

Ohrid, North Macedonia

A medieval cathedral with some of the finest Byzantine frescoes in the Balkans, also used for concerts.

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Dohany Street Synagogue

Budapest, Hungary

One of the largest synagogues in the world, with a moving memorial garden.

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Esztergom Basilica

Esztergom, Hungary

The huge domed basilica on the Danube, the largest church in Hungary.

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Euphrasian Basilica

Porec, Croatia

A sixth-century basilica complex whose gold mosaics are among the finest Byzantine art in the region.

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Frauenkirche Munich

Munich, Germany

Munich's twin-domed brick cathedral, the city's best-known landmark.

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Fraumünster

Zurich, Switzerland

A medieval church famous for its stained-glass windows by Marc Chagall.

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Freiburg Minster

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

A Gothic minster with an openwork spire, rising over a daily market.

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Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The city's main historic mosque, a 16th-century Ottoman landmark with a courtyard fountain.

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Hill of Crosses

Lithuania

A hill covered with a very large number of crosses, rosaries and religious figures left by pilgrims.

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Lausanne Cathedral

Lausanne, Switzerland

A gothic cathedral on the hill above the city, with a night watchman who still calls the hours.

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Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool, United Kingdom

A vast Gothic Revival Anglican cathedral with a tower you can climb.

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Monastery of St Naum

Ohrid, North Macedonia

A lakeside monastery near the Albanian border, beside springs that feed Lake Ohrid.

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Montserrat

Barcelona, Spain

A jagged mountain with a Benedictine monastery and the Black Madonna, an hour from Barcelona.

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Palermo Cathedral

Palermo, Italy

A cathedral that mixes Norman, Arab, Gothic and baroque styles.

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Riga Cathedral

Riga, Latvia

A huge medieval church, famed for its great organ and mixed architecture.

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Rocamadour Sanctuaries

Rocamadour, France

Chapels stacked on a cliff above a gorge.

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Roskilde Cathedral

Roskilde, Denmark

A brick Gothic cathedral and the burial place of Danish monarchs, on the UNESCO World Heritage list.