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Tartu Cathedral is a brick Gothic style church founded between the 13th and 16th centuries. Devastated during the Livonia War (1558 - 1583), it was left in a state of ruin and in the 1760s, the high twin towers of the church were demolished. As part of the reconstruction of the University of Tartu in 1804-1807, rooms of the university library were built in the cathedral choir. After the completion of the new university library building in 1981, the University of Tartu Museum moved in.

The mosque remained loyal to its function as a place of worship for the Muslim population in the city until 1928 when an earthquake destroyed its minaret. It was also a target in the 2016 vandalism attack.

Tasta Church is a working church (a church building which, in addition to the church room, also has other rooms for various activities). The foundation wall and the lower floor of the church were completed by January 1977, and on January 29, the new bishop of the diocese, Sigurd Lunde, laid the foundation stone in the new church.

In the small village of Tătârlaua, first mentioned in documents in the year 1332, stands the towerless hall church dating back to the 15th century. The nearly square-shaped central nave isFreske des Heiligen Christopherus completed by a long-stretched choir with polygonal closure, canopied by a late Gothic reticulated vault. The central nave with its flat ceiling and the circumferential gallery are rather conservative and can be observed as quite a contrast. The bells are located in a separate wooden bell tower. No traces of the former defence system have remained. Just as in Dârlos the outer walls of the choir still boast remainders of frescoes, in this case displaying depictions of Saint Christopherus. During recent exposure works there were also pre-Reformation frescoes found in the interior that were well-preserved under the protective plaster layer. The winged altar from the year 1508 was originally made for Jidvei but then sold to Tătârlaua by the congregation in the 19th century. It shows depictions of the martyrs Demetrius and Valentine as well as scenes from the life of Mary on the high day side and pictures of various Saints on the weekday side.

The Taucherkirche is one of the seven historic church buildings in Bautzen. Construction of the new Taucherkirche began in 1598 and the building was solemnly consecrated in 1599. However, the roof burned down completely during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) and had to be restored in 1628. In the 18th and 19th centuries, several important reconstructions took place; in 1899, the hospital was demolished after more than 200 years of existence. During the coalition wars, the church itself had been used as a military hospital. The first fundamental renovation of the church took place from 1917 to 1926.

From the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th, solid, square or cross churches were mainly built. The buildings without a tower now received a larger or smaller belfry. Some buildings are half-timbered or made entirely of wood. Even the village churches received decorative elements such as turrets, niches, pseudo windows, etc. The construction of the church was supervised by a special commission. She made sure that the houses of worship were built in the neo-Romanesque or neo-Gothic style, with a bell tower and made of red bricks.

The church is historic, has neo-Romanesque and classicist style features, a Latin cross plan, with a five-walled apse and one octagonal tower. It has 6 altars. Cemetery fence with openwork masonry.

Tavna Monastery is an Orthodox monastery first mentioned in 1548. The church of the monastery was frescoed, probably at the beginning of the 17th century. Its frescoes are very reminiscent of the frescoes of the monasteries of Žitomislić and Ozren, which were made between 1608 and 1609. During the Second World War, in July 1941, the Ustashas (Croatian fascists) dispersed and interned the monks. The monastery was bombed several times and in 1943, when a partisan hospital took refuge in the monastery, the Ustasha army set fire to the dormitory. At that time, the library and old writings were completely destroyed but the church was somewhat preserved.

The Agia Paraskevi Chapel is located in the southern part of the settlement. The building is close to ruin. The apse has already collapsed, the roof is partly fallen in and large cracks are visible in the walls.

The Agios Sergios & Agios Bacchus parish church is located on the north-eastern edge of the original settlement area and was consecrated in 1957. The church was converted into a mosque after 1974 and was used until a new mosque was completed in the village (between 2011 and 2014). After that, the building was abandoned and left to its own devices.