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The votive church, a Roman Catholic church, is a neo-gothic religious monument in Vienna. It was consecrated in 1879 to pay tribute to the survival of Emperor Franz Joseph during an assassination attempt in 1853.

The Vöyri Wooden Church is the oldest wooden church in use in Vöyri in. The church was completed in 1626 and extended in 1777. The crucifix is the most famous work of art in the church. It was carved by an unknown artist, probably in Lübeck, around 1375-1400.

The monastery of Vraćevšnica was built before 1428, and the frescoes were completed in 1431. The founder of the monastery was Radič Postupović, a Serbian nobleman who lived during the reign of the despot Stefan Lazarević (1402-1427). After the Turkish conquest of the territory in the middle of the 15th century, the monastery was damaged and abandoned. After the renewal of the Serbian Patriarchate Peć, the monastery was renovated around 1579. In 1737, under Austrian rule, the monastery was renovated again.

The present church of Vrådal, built in 1887, is the third church of the village. The two previous churches were about 4 kilometres further east, where the old cemetery can still be seen. The first church, a stave church, was replaced by an octagonal wooden church in 1685 (consecrated in 1686). It is said to be the first octagonal church in the country, but it was demolished in 1888 after the new church was used.

Vranjaš Monastery lies on the slopes of the Fruska Gora mountains, near the village of Manđelos. A church dedicated to St Basil of Ostrog was built in 2014 with Norwegian white pine. The interior is lavishly decorated with iconostasis painted by painted by Borislav and Marija Živković.

Vranje Cathedral dates back to the end of the 17th century. It was built with the help of Pasha Hussein of Vranje. The church was rebuilt in 1858-1860 under the direction of the builder Andreja Damjanov. The church community entrusted the painting part of the iconostasis works to Dimitar Krstević-Dič, then the most famous and talented icon painter of Vardar Macedonia.

Vrdnik-Ravanica is a historic monastery on the slopes of the Fruska Gora Mountains near the Vrdnik thermal springs. It is one of the 16 surviving Orthodox monasteries built between the 15th and 18th centuries on the Fruška Gora mountain in Serbia (also known as the Serbian Mount Athos).

The mosque is located in the eastern part of the original and extensive settlement area. It is known that the present mosque had a predecessor building which was in very poor condition in 1904. It is not known whether the new building was erected on the same site as the old mosque. The new building was completed between 1905 and 1907. According to Bağişkan, the enormous cost of repairing the damage caused by the severe earthquake of 1953 suggests that the building had to be completely rebuilt.

Vrontisi Monastery is a historic place of worship located 2 kilometres northwest of Zaros. The monastery was founded around the 15th or 16th century and was very important until the 17th century.

The Vršac Cathedral was built in the 18th century, between 1728 and 1785. The iconostasis was painted by Pavel Đurković, and Aksentije Marković did the woodcarving work. The murals and the vault were painted by Simeon Jakšić and Mihajlo Popović.