PLACES OF WORSHIP AND RELIGION
	Being a melting pot of races and religions, Trieste has inevitably become a centre with many creeds, many religions. In the Borgo Teresiano is the Neobyzantine-styled Serbian Orthodox Chiesa di San Spiridione (San Spiridione's Church), built in 1868 near the impressive and sober Catholic Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Taumaturgo (1840), a Neoclassical hexastyle construction by Pietro Nobile which, in the upper part of its façade, has a balaustrade decorated with statues by Antonio Bosa, from the school of Canova. The Greek Orthodox Chiesa di San Nicolò in Riva The Novembre dates back to the late XVIII century. Though in the Neoclassical style, it is extremely simple outside and wonderfully decorated inside. The Evangelical church of Largo Panfili, built on a design by architect Zimmermann from Elbing about 1874, is in the Neogothic style. Then in Via San Francesco is the Tempio Israelitico (Israelite Temple), finished in 1912. It is based on Syrian patterns and is oriented along the East-West axis, in accordance with the Jewish tradition. It is one of the most important Israelite temples in Europe.