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The Church of St. Bernardine of Siena (Kościół św. Bernardyna ze Sieny) is Krakow is a Roman Catholic temple built for a Bernardine monastery.

The church of St. Bruno bishop and martyr is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Giżycko. The design of the new church was prepared by the architect Martin Weber from Frankfurt am Main. The foundation stone of the church was laid on 23 August 1936. The church was built to commemorate the German soldiers killed in the First World War. The top of the pediment was decorated with a sgraffito by Theo Landmann. After the Second World War, the figures were covered with plaster.

The Church of St. Catherine (Agía Ekateríni) in Anopoli is a small chapel in the former fortress of Loutro. In the time of the Ottoman Empire, a tower stood in the same position to control the harbour of Loutro.

The church of St. Catherine (Agia Ekaterini) in Sitia was built at the end of the 19th century on the site of an earlier church that belonged to the Augustinians.

The church of St. Charalambous (Agios Charalambos) in Akrata was built in 1903 and dedicated to the patron saint of the city.

The church of St. Chrysogone is a Romanesque church built in the 10th century, rebuilt and enlarged in 1175. It is currently the only remaining part of the former great medieval male Benedictine monastery that was located there. Construction of the bell tower began in 1485, but stopped in 1546 and was never completed. Next to the church are the remains of the medieval Benedictine monastery, which was rebuilt in the 19th century and then demolished during the Second World War.

The church of St. Clement and Panteleimon is a replica of the old church of St. Panteleimon, built by St. Clement of Ohrid in 863, demolished by the Ottomans. The construction of the present church was completed in 2002. In the northern outer part, traces of the Sultan-Mehmed (Imaret) Mosque, built there during the Ottoman period, have been left.

The church of St. Clement was built around 1200 and was greatly enlarged in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is dedicated to the patron saint of sailors, Saint Clement, and contains several model ships. In the 19th century, the right to put his name on some of the pew seats was sold, which can still be seen on several of them.

The small church of St. Constantine and St. Helena (Agios Konstantinos and Agia Helena) is located in a beautiful coastal spot next to the beach of Kato Gouves.

The Constantine and Michael Church (also known as the Romanov Church) was built in 1913 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Tsarist Romanov Dynasty.