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The Chapel of Carmen was built in the first half of the 18th century and was financed by the parishioners for the Virgen del Carmen. The construction is distinguished by its high proportions and slender bell tower. Inside it is worth mentioning the imposing high altar with different figures and the beautiful image of the Virgin in the centre.

The present chapel was built in 1725 on the foundations of an earlier building. The first chapel known in Pettingen belonged to the Knights of Pittingen, the high nobility of the county and later the Duchy of Luxembourg. It was attached directly to the castle. The remains of the castle can still be seen nect to the present chapel.

Building built on the foundations of a medieval chapel dedicated to Saint-Mary. The present edifice dominates the great pilgrimage site to Saint Mary that was the volcanic hill of the eponymous Puy for more than eight centuries.

The chapel of Jaszczurówka began to be built in 1904 and was consecrated in 1907. The chapel is a typical example of the Zakopane style. Between 1963 and 1975, the building had several repairs. But as the chapel deteriorated more and more, a major renovation was carried out from 1977 until 1981. The official owner of the object is the National Park of the Tatras, on whose territory there is the Chapel.

The chapel would have been built in the 13th century then restored at the end of the 14th / beginning of the 15th century. Destroyed during the revolution, its stones were used for the construction of a guard house on the coast. Today in ruins, it still retains its charm and especially this splendid rose at the bedside, like a stone lace, which dates from the early fifteenth century. The chapel is one of the best representatives of the architectural style of Pont-Croix.

The Chapel of Mary the Miserable is a Brabantine Gothic style building from the 14th century. At the beginning of the 14th century, a villager named Mary had decided to live in seclusion and to renounce the world. One day, she met a rich lord of Brussels who tried to seduce her, but Marie resisted him, so he had her judged for theft, vagrancy and witchcraft. She was condemned to be buried alive. Miracles having occurred at the place of her execution, a pilgrimage developed and the chapel was built.

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The history of this hermitage is linked to João Vaz Corte Real who, before moving to Terceira Island, traveled to several provinces of the kingdom of Portugal in an attempt to gather workers and craftsmen to bring with him to Terceira Island. When he arrived on this island, he settled in the Captaincy of Angra, while Álvaro Martins Homem settled in the Captaincy of Praia. It is possible that this same group of sailors had come to this island after João Vaz Corte Real was already there, it is assumed that they were the ones who built this chapel with the help of the donee's Captain and several noble families who with him They came to Terceira.

The temple, dedicated to Our Lady of Hope, dates back to the 16th century, taking into account that it already existed in 1560 and has since become a place of pilgrimage. It served as a parish church, probably due to work on the main church. For this reason, the hermitage ascends to the category of church. According to local tradition, similar to what is recorded in relation to other Azorean temples, the primitive image was found in the rocks of that coastal stretch and, when transported to the parish church, at night it returned to its origin, where it was erected. the temple.

On the side of the hill just below the large Chevremeont basilica is this small chapel which, dating from 1688, is much older than the basilica. It was built by English Jesuits who had founded a college of philosophy and theology at Liege. Slowly this chapel has become the objective of a walk on the hillside and a site of devotion to the Virgin. It was classified in 1985 and, curiously, it is a pilgrimage site for sportsmen.