Al-Aga is considered the oldest mosque in the entire Balkan region. It was built in 1289 before the arrival of the Ottomans.
Al Aga Mosque bears the name of a family that emigrated from Syria to the Balkans in the 11th century. It is still an active place of worship.
The Painted Mosque of Tetovo is an Ottoman mosque built in 1438, and unlike most mosques of that time, it was not financed by a local dignitary, but by two sisters of Tetovo, whose graves are in the Türbe (tomb) in the adjoining garden. It was rebuilt in 1833 by Abdurrahman Pasha. The monument owes its name to the countless painted panels that cover the facades. The panels were completely restored between 2010 and 2011.
The church of the Most Holy Mother of God is a Macedonian Orthodox church built between 1924 and 1929, date of its consecration. In 2003, the church underwent major restoration work.
The church "St. Nicholas Summer" is a neoclassical style church in the village of Mavrovo. The church was built by the master builders of the Debar school in 1850. The icons of the throne were painted in 1855 by the famous master of Debar, Dicho Zograf. The church was sunk under Lake Mavrovo in 1953, but by the beginning of the 21st century, it had largely emerged out of the water due to droughts. In the mid-1990s, construction of a new St. Nicholas church in Mavrovo began and was completed in 2006.
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