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Višići Mosque is a Sunni place of worship of the Bosniak community.

The Visovac Monastery was founded in the 14th century by Dominican monks. Taken over by the Franciscan a century later, the monastery was enlarged. Destructed and abandoned in the 17th century, the monastery is repaired in the 18th and 20th centuries. Located on the beautiful island of Visovac in the Krka National Park, the monastery keeps a collection of books, works of art and other important documents.

The church in Vistdal is a long wooden church from 1869. The church underwent a major renovation after the New Year's hurricane in 1992, when the church suffered extensive structural damage.

The Cathedral of Viterbo is a Romanesque building dating from the 12th century, although the façade, due to modifications made in the 16th century, is in Renaissance style. The cathedral gained considerable importance in the second half of the 13th century when it became the seat of the papacy with the nearby Palace of the Popes. Two popes were buried in the cathedral: Pope Alexander IV (1199-1261), born Rinaldo di Jenne, who fled to Viterbo for fear of being captured by Manfred of Sicily, and whose tomb was lost, and Pope John XXI (1210-1277), born Pedro Julião, the only pope of Portuguese origin.

The Agios Mamas Church is located centrally in the original settlement area. The building was erected in 1959 on the foundations of a previous church from 1920. After 1974, the church was converted into a mosque and was in use until a new mosque was built in the village (ca. 2019/20). After that, the building was abandoned. On the day of the visit, the building was locked.

The oldest remaining parts of the Vittskölve Church are in Romanesque style and were built during the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century. During the 15th century the vaults and the chapel were built. A century later, the tower was constructed.

Of the Romanesque tuff stone church only the tower remains. The side wing on the north side of the tower was probably demolished in 1808. The saddle roof of the tower is not original, the tower seems to have had a brick spire at one time. The nave and choir date from later times. In the church there is a sarcophagus and a Dik organ from 1866.

Reconstruction church with roof turret. Built as a Roman Catholic Church.

The church in Vivestad is a long church dating from 1914, although there has been a church in Vivestad since the Middle Ages. The old church from 1628 burned down in 1911, but the furniture was saved and is used in the present church.

The Vizhnitz (Moskovits) Synagogue in Oradea is a Hasidic synagogue probably built in 1900. The brick building was constructed in the style of the Hungarian Secession. The former synagogue is now a club.