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The church of St. Elijah the Prophet dates from 1883, but its bell tower is a more recent construction, dating from 1925. In 1960, renovation work was carried out. During and after the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the church and the parish house were damaged. Reconstruction work was carried out between 2004 and 2005 without expert supervision.

The Orthodox Church of St. Elijah in Nizhny Terebiazhiv was built in 1872 out of wood. At the end of the 20th century, a bell tower was built.

The Church of St. Elijah was built in the 1650s in the style of early Ukrainian Baroque. After the Second World War, a museum of the national hero Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1648 - 1657), who was supposed to be buried here, was opened in the church. In 1954, a symbolic granite tombstone in his honour was erected in the church according to the design of architect I. Shmulson. Since 1990, the church has been returned to the religious community.

St Elizabeth's Church (1901) is a large neo-Gothic is dedicated to Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (a.k.a. Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia) was a medieval princess of the Kingdom of Hungary. As a political pawn used her dowry money to build a hospital where she tended to the sick. She became a symbol of Christian charity after her death at the age of 24 and was canonized in 1235.

The Church of St. Elizabeth was built between 1235 and 1283 by the Teutonic Order on the tomb of St. Elizabeth, making the church an important place of pilgrimage in Western Europe in the late Middle Ages. In 1539, the landgrave Philip the Magnanimous had the bones of St. Elizabeth removed in order to send a signal against the cult of the relics. During the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the church was damaged when it was used as a hay and flour store. Maintenance work was carried out in 1767-1770. Between 1811 and 1827, the church was a Simultaneum for a short period, so that the Catholic and Protestant services were held separately.

The Church of St. Euphemia (also known as Sveta Fuma) is the most famous monument of Rovinj. The current Venetian baroque building was built between 1725 and 1736, on the site of an old medieval church.

The Church of St. Francis of Assisi was founded in the 1920s and was completed with the completion of its bell tower in October 1932. The architect of the church is Jože Plečnik, the most important modernist architect in Slovenia. The church was declared a cultural monument of local importance in 2001, and in 2009 it was proclaimed a cultural monument of national importance as part of the works of Plečnik.

The Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Hervartov is the oldest and best preserved wooden church in Slovakia. Built in the 15th century in a Gothic style, its exterior has hardly changed, however, its interior was redecorated in a Baroque style and was painted from the 17th to the 19th century.

The church of St. Fridolin was built between 1821 and 1822 according to the plans of the architect Christoph Arnold and bears a strong resemblance to the pilgrimage church of Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, built in 1829. The exterior of the church is neo-classical, while the interior is classicistic, enriched with rococo elements.

The Church of St. Gallen stands on a site where churches have been erected since the 5th century. Mention is made of the Church of St. Gallen in 1079 when the Mehrerau Monastery was founded and we know that the church was consecrated in 1380. After a fire in 1477, the church had to be rebuilt and was consecrated again in 1480. In 1737, a reconstruction according to the plans of Franz Anton Beer was carried out with new furnishings and equipment for the church. In 1939 a restoration took place, from 1968 to 1972 on the outside and from 1973 to 1974 on the inside.