What happened in 1500?
52 recorded events in 1500, including 24 in religion & belief systems, 10 in architecture & engineering and 9 in people. A further 153 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 5
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Battle of Hemmingstedt
Battle between Kalmar Union forces and Dithmarschen peasant militiamen 17 February, 1500 in modern-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Battle of Vedrosha
1500 battle in Europe
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Battle of Novara
Fought in 1500 between France and Milan
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Siege of the Castle of Saint George
1500 siege of the Second Ottoman-Venetian war
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First Luso-Malabarese War
1500–1513 war
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Cochin
1500 treaty between Cochin and Portugal
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People 9
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Bartolomeu Dias died
Portuguese explorer
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Diogo Dias died
Portuguese explorer
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Pero Vaz de Caminha died
Portuguese knight (c. 1450 – 1500)
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Francisco Cano died
Spanish conquistador
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Vasco de Ataíde died
Portuguese explorer
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Serafino dell'Aquila died
Italian poet and improvisatore (1466-1500)
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Hernando de Soto born
Born in Jerez de los Caballeros. Spanish explorer and conquistador.
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Benvenuto Cellini born
Born in Florence. Florentine sculptor and goldsmith (1500–1571).
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Bernardino de Sahagún born
Born in Sahagún. Ca. 1499-1590, Spanish mesoamericanist, evangelizador, fraile franciscano, misionero.
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Brazil
Country in South America
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Religion & Belief Systems 24
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Şeyh Muhtar Mosque
Mosque in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
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Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Gigny
Abbey located in Jura, in France
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Oosteeklo Abbey
Cistercian nunnery in Belgium
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St. Georg (Feldkirchen)
Church building in Feldkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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St. Lambert
Filial church in Adling, Glonn, Germany
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St. Koloman
Filial church in Haslach, Glonn, Germany
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St. Martin
Church building in Sensau, Germany
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St. Leonhard
Filial church in Esterndorf, Oberpframmern, Germany
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St. Michael
Filial church in Mitterdarching, Germany
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St. Korbinian
Filial church in Oberlaindern, Germany
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St. Leonhard (Webling (Lkr.Dachau))
Church in Webling, Germany
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St. Nikolaus
Church building in Tinning, Trostberg, Germany
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St. Bartholomäus
Filial church in Friesenried, Germany
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St. Martin
Filial church in Kraftisried, Germany
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St. Bartholomäus
Church building in Sufferloh, Germany
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St. Helena
Filial church in Breitenweiher, Germany
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Mariä Geburt
Filial church in Frauenvils, Taufkirchen (Vils), Germany
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St. Leonhard
Church building in Pfronten, Germany
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Heilig Kreuz
Filial church in Icking, Germany
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St. Magdalena
Filial church in Baierbach, Stephanskirchen, Germany
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St. Anna
Filial church in Reinhardsried, Germany
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St. Wolfgang
Filial church in Unterrohr, Kammeltal, Germany
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Maria Santissima Annunziata
Church building in Pedara, Italy
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St. Valentin (Großköchlham)
Church building in Taufkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Architecture & Engineering 10
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Iglesia de la Concepción
Church in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (European Union)
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Helblinghaus
Building in Innsbruck, Austria
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Santa Maria della Fava, Venice
Church building in Venice, Italy
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St. Michael Archangel's Church, Binarowa
Church building in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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Santa Maria al Paradiso Church
Church in Milan, Italy
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Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield
Church with crooked spire in Chesterfield
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Old St Leonard's Church, Langho
Grade I listed church in Billington and Langho, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK
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St Andrew's Church, Sedbergh
Church in South Lakeland, UK
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Church of St Mary and St Julian, Maker
Church in Cornwall, England, UK
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All Saints Church, Conington
Church in Conington, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Empires & Countries 2
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Khanate of Bukhara founded
Khanate of Bukhara was founded, with its capital at Bukhara.
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Badis founded
Badis was founded.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 153 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1500 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1500.
15th century 151
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Wars of the Roses
Dynastic civil war in England from 1455 to 1487
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Palace of the Shirvanshahs
Palace in Azerbaijan
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Gil Eanes died
Portuguese explorer
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Pero de Alenquer died
15th-century Portuguese explorer
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Diogo Silves died
Portuguese explorer
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Zuane Pizzigano died
Italian cartographer
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Church of the Holy Trinity, Žilina
Church in Žilina, Slovakia
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Church of Our Lady of Victories at the Sablon
Church building in Brussels, Belgium
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Santa Maria delle Carceri
Church building in Prato, Italy
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Marco Aurelio Alvarotti died
Italian actor
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Chanka–Inca War
15th-century semi-legendary war
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Giovanni di Gherardo da Prato died
Italian mathematician and writer
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Jean Trenchant died
French mathematician
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San Francesco, Arezzo
Late Medieval church in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
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Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Greek Catholic cathedral in Prešov, Slovakia
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Palazzo Pisani Moretta
Building in Venice, Italy
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Ruins of the church in Trzęsacz
Church
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St. Urban Tower
Bell tower of the St. Elizabeth Cathedral
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Shemokmedi Monastery
Georgian Orthodox monastery in Shemokmedi, Georgia
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Church of All Saints of Tvrdošín
Church
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Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana
Cultural property in Valencia, Spain
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Palau del Marqués de Dos Aigües
Palace in Valencia
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Church of St. Catherine, Banská Štiavnica
Church building in Banská Štiavnica District, Slovakia
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St. Willibrord
Church building in the Netherlands
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Martinikerk
Church in Doesburg, Netherlands
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Palace of the Borgias
Historic site in Valencia
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Tour Tanguy
Medieval tower and museum in Brest, France
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Black Tower
Tower
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Siuntio Church
Church in Siuntio, Finland
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Palacio de Pimentel
Cultural property in Valladolid, Spain
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Dolná brána
Historic site in Slovakia
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Zuiderkerk (Enkhuizen)
Protestant church
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Protestant church of Augustinusga
Church in Friesland, Netherlands
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Locronan Parish close
Church located in Finistère, in France
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Östuna church
Church building in Knivsta Municipality, Sweden
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Broerkerk
Church in Groningen
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Rasbokil Church
Church building in Uppsala Municipality, Sweden
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Bladåker Church
Church building in Uppsala Municipality, Sweden
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Valö Church
Church building in Östhammar Municipality, Sweden
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Framwellgate Bridge
Grade I listed bridge in Durham, England
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Holy Spirit Church
Church in Bale, Croatia
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Saint Bartholomew church in Staszów
Church building in Poland, cultural heritage
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God's House Gate and Tower
Tower in Southampton, UK
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St James' Church, Christleton
Grade II* listed church in Christleton, Cheshire, England, UK
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Wendish-German double church
Church building in Vetschau, Brandenburg state, Germany
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St Leonard's Church, Downham
Grade II* listed church in Downham, Lancashire, England, UK
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St Teilo's Church, Llandeilo
Church in Carmarthenshire, Wales
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Church of Sant'Alberto
A church in Erice, Sicily
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White Horde dissolved
White Horde ceased to exist.
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Ankole founded
Ankole was founded, with its capital at Mbarara City.
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Kingdom of Cochin founded
Kingdom of Cochin was founded, with its capital at Tripunithura.
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Champaner dissolved
Champaner ceased to exist.
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Kingdom of Dotawo founded
Kingdom of Dotawo was founded.
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Emirate of Dhala founded
Emirate of Dhala was founded, with its capital at Ad Dali'.
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Hadiya Kingdom dissolved
Hadiya Kingdom ceased to exist, having been centered at Hadiya Zone.
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Kotoko kingdom founded
Kotoko kingdom was founded.
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Mukriyan founded
Mukriyan was founded.
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Kingdom of Derge founded
Kingdom of Derge was founded.
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Kingdom of Yamma founded
Kingdom of Yamma was founded, with its capital at Fofa.
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Kingdom of Tallo founded
Kingdom of Tallo was founded, with its capital at Tallo.
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Bhurshut founded
Bhurshut was founded.
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Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi born
Born in Yazd. Historian.
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Toricella Hospital
Former hospital in Florence, Italy
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Nassak Diamond
43.38 carats (8.676 g) diamond
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Porvoo Cathedral
Cathedral in Porvoo, Finland
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Old Synagogue in Kraków
Former synagogue in Kazimierz, now Judaic Museum in Kraków
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Faik Pasha Mosque
Historical mosque in Arta, Greeece
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Cetho
Hindu temple in Java, Indonesia
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Uşak Grand Mosque
Mosque in Turkey
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Al-Hamadiyya Mosque
Mosque in al-Khader, West Bank, Palestine
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Sheikh Ilahi Mosque
Historical mosque in Giannitsa, Greece
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Balaban Pasha Mosque
A mosque in Edirne, Turkey
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Madrasa mosque (Ichery Sheher)
A mosque and historical architectural monument located in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Ancienne abbaye bénédictine Saint-Grégoire
Abbey located in Haut-Rhin, in France
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Fatih Mosque
Mosque in Foça, Turkey
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Nostra Signora delle Grazie
Shrine in Imperia, Italy
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Nebi Mosque
Nebi Mosque (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Old Ljubljana Cathedral
Old Ljubljana Cathedral (Religion & Belief Systems).
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St Augustin (Feldgeding Obb.)
Church building in Bergkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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St. Zeno
Filial church in Oberbleichen, Germany
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St. Martin
Church building in Sonnendorf, Wörth, Landkreis Erding, Germany
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Mariä Himmelfahrt
Filial church in Lippertskirchen, Germany
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Heilig Kreuz
Filial church in Höhenberg, Aschau im Chiemgau, Germany
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St. Peter
Church building in Reischenhart, Germany
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St. Peter
Church building in Steinkirchen, Samerberg, Germany
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St. Nikolaus
Filial church in Dettendorf, Tuntenhausen, Germany
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St. Margaretha
Filial church in Ellmosen, Bad Aibling, Germany
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St. Nikolaus
Filial church in Oberkirch, Füssen, Germany
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St. Veit
Filial church in Berg, Reischach, Germany
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St. Andreas
Church building in Rain, Bad Endorf, Germany
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St. Peter und Paul
Church building in Westerham, Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany
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Mariä Himmelfahrt
Filial church in Inhausen, Germany
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St. Margaretha
Filial church in Reisen, Eitting, Germany
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Holy Cross church in Żywiec
Historic church in Żywiec, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Saint Anne church in Tarnów Grodkowski
Church building in Tarnów Grodkowski, Poland
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Saint Elisabeth church in Wojciechów
Church building in Wojciechów, Namysłów County, Poland
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Our Lady Help of Christians church in Zębowo
Church building in Zębowo, Poland
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St. Jakobus der Ältere
Filial church in Albertaich, Obing, Germany
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St. Johannes Baptist
Filial church in Oberweißenkirchen, Germany
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St. Vitus
Filial church in Emertsham, Germany
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St. Nikolaus
Filial church in Kirchhalling, Germany
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St. Georg
Filial church in Kirchheim, Tittmoning, Germany
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St. Johannes Baptist
Church building in Weilham, Germany
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St. Erasmus
Filial church in Bicheln, Ainring, Germany
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St. Martin
Filial church in Ebing, Waldkraiburg, Germany
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St. Ägidius
Filial church in Unterreit, Landkreis Mühldorf am Inn, Germany
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St. Viktor und Corona
Church building in Unterzarnham, Germany
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St. Wolfgang
Filial church in Immenthal, Germany
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St. Nikolaus
Filial church in Obergünzburg, Germany
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St. Nikolaus
Filial church in Leinau, Pforzen, Germany
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Mariä Geburt
Filial church in Oberbiberg, Germany
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St. Johannes Evangelist
Filial church in Angkofen, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany
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Mariä Opferung
Filial church in Oberreit, Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany
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St. Georg
Filial church in Aich, Moosburg an der Isar, Germany
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St. Ägidius
Filial church in Kirchamper, Germany
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St. Ottilia
Filial church in Kühnhausen, Kranzberg, Germany
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St. Stephanus
Filial church in Hartshausen, Zolling, Germany
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Heilige Dreifaltigkeit
Parish church in Walterskirchen, Germany
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St. Silvester
Filial church in Airischwand, Nandlstadt, Germany
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St. Jakobus der Ältere
Filial church in Gesseltshausen, Germany
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Mariä Himmelfahrt
Filial church in Obermettenbach, Germany
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St. Johannes Evangelist
Church building in Wasentegernbach, Germany
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St. Peter und Paul
Filial church in Kronau, Emmering, Germany
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Saint James the Greater church in Myślenice
Church building in Myślenice, Poland
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Unsere Liebe Frau
Filal church in Prittriching, Germany
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Mariä Himmelfahrt
Filial church in Reisch, Landsberg am Lech, Germany
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St. Andreas
Filial church in Egerndach, Germany
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Madonna del Buon Consiglio
Shrine in Borgio Verezzi, Italy
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St. Peter und Paul
Filial church in Gstadt am Chiemsee, Germany
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St. Bartholomäus
Filial church in Guntersberg, Höslwang, Germany
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St. Andreas und Vitus
Filial church in Gögging, Riedering, Germany
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Heilig Geist
Church building in Rosenheim, Germany
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St. Stephan
Filial church in Aising, Rosenheim, Germany
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St. Peter
Church building in Westerndorf St. Peter, Rosenheim, Germany
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Mariä Himmelfahrt
Filial church in Kirchreit, Soyen, Germany
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St. Georg
Church building in Straßkirchen, Vogtareuth, Germany
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St. Johannes Baptist
Filial church in Lauterbach, Rohrdorf (am Inn), Germany
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St. Johannes Baptist
Church building in Neufahrn, Egling, Germany
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St. Gangolf
Church building in Kößnach, Germany
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St. Stephanus, Laurentius und Vitus
Filial church in Unterwiesenbach, Germany
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St. Nikolaus
Filial church in Immenhofen, Ruderatshofen, Germany
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St. Apollonia (Silheim)
Church building in Bavaria, Germany
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Mariä Himmelfahrt
Filial church in Salmdorf, Germany
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Mariä Geburt
Filial church in Peretshofen, Dietramszell, Germany
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Mariä Himmelfahrt
Church building in Unterlappach, Germany
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St. Benedikt und Vitus
Filial church in Münster, Mickhausen, Germany
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St. Vitus
Church building in Eholfing, Germany
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St. Georg (Pelka)
Church building in Bavaria, Germany
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Catholic branch church Allmannsdorf
Choir tower church, tower in the basement Romanesque, tower upper floor with pyramid roof late 15th century, nave 17th century, essentially medieval in Allmannsdorf, Middle Franconia, Bavaria
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St. Antonius (Kottenborn)
St. Antonius (Kottenborn) (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Malostranská beseda
House in Prague
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1500s 2
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Tempietto
Tome in Rome, Italy
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Limbdi State founded
Limbdi State was founded, with its capital at Limbdi.
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