Saint Cajetan Church, Rașcov
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Saint Cajetan (, ) is a
Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
church of the Polish era in Râşcov, northern
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a disputed territory with
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, which has recently undergone extensive renovation and which the PMR government considers a historical heritage location. The church was built in the 16th century, when northern Transnistria was a part of the
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