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Jewish settlers first came to Zmajevac in the 18th century and the synagogue and cemetery were at the same time. The oldest tombstone in the cemetery dates to 1886 and the newest to 1941. The Jewish community ceased to exist in 1914 after the beginning of World War I. The synagogue was sold in 1950. One of the most famous residents of the village was a Jewish woman named Otti Berger (1898-1944). She was a famous Croatian Bauhaus designer from Zmajevac (Vörösmart).

Zograf Monastery is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is the only Bulgarian Orthodox monastery on the peninsula, and it is ranked ninth in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos.

The building is located outside of the village in north-western direction (approx. 0,6 km).

The church of Zoodochos Pigi (Life Giving Spring) was part of a monastery founded in the 16th century.

The building is located outside of the village in eastern direction (approx. 0,8 km), close to the Holy Transfiguration Monastery Church .

According to the Commission on the Preservation of Jewish Heritage, the cemetery was established in the first half of the 19th century. The last buried dates to 1941. It can be found marked on a map of the region from the 1900s.

The monastery in Zrze was built in several stages on the ruins of a Christian sanctuary from the 15th century. Its church contains two exceptional icons; one, painted in 1393, represents Jesus Christ, and the other, from 1422, represents the Virgin of Pelagonia. It also has remarkable medieval frescoes, divided into two spaces. The lower space represents monastic life, while the upper space represents Saints Gregory, Basil, Nicholas and John. The frescoes on the porch are more recent, having been executed in 1624 and 1634.

Zscheiplitz began its life as a small Slavonic settlement on top of the hill overlooking the river valley – some time in the 7-9th century AD. It became a residence of the Imperial palatine count Friedrich of Saxony. In 1089 Zscheiplitz became the Benedictine monastery.

The Zuiderkerk, built between 1603 and 1614, is the first church designed in Amsterdam for Protestant worship. It was built in a Baroque style.

The Zülfaris (Kal Kadoş Galata) Synagogue in Istanbul is a Sephardi synagogue completed in 1823. It was rebuilt in 1890 and 1904. This stone building now serves as a museum.