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The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was founded at the beginning of the 17th century and is the oldest Marian pilgrimage site in the Czech Republic. The present church replaced the older Gothic building, which was not big enough for the growing number of pilgrims. It was built according to the plans of the Italian architect Giovanni Maria Filippi, under the direction of Jakub de Vaccani in the years 1613-1625, in the style of early Baroque Roman churches.

In the middle of the village there is an elevated trachyte hill, surrounded by the river Hron and its tributary by the stream Perec. It is divided into three parts, while in the northeastern part there is a cemetery, and in the southwestern part there are family houses and gardens.

The church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built around 1318 by German settlers. The original church was destroyed during the Hussite wars in the 15th century, and its reconstruction was burned in a fire in 1538. The current neo-Gothic building only dates from the end of the 19th century.

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was first mentioned in 754, when Bishop Chrodegang of Metz attributed it to Gorze Abbey. The present building dates from the 18th century after the church was burnt down in 1689 during the War of the Palatinate Succession. When the church was divided into Catholic and Protestant denominations in 1705, it was still in ruins. Nevertheless, the Reformed community was given the nave, while the Catholic community was granted the choir room. The church tower remains the property of the community. During the reconstruction from 1708 to 1721 (the reformed part) and until 1789 (the catholic part), the separation of the two parts of the church was achieved by a wall without a passage. Both parts of the church were given their own entrances.

The Church of the Assumption is the Latvian Orthodox Church of Aizkalne. The brick church was built in 1904.

The church of Our Lady of the Assumption was built in 1966 due to the growth of the city's population. It was built in a Brutalist style using stone, concrete and brick.

The Church of the Assumption was built at the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century, in a mixture of Romanesque and Mudejar style. It consists of a single nave ending in an apse. Its bell tower, also from the 13th century, is particularly noteworthy, as is the atrium, which was built with arcades and capitals. Its interior is purely Baroque.

This church was built in 1896, in the place of a previous wooden church. The constructors of the church were done on donations of the community of Dobrotov. The roof of the church is covered with tin and the walls have a unique design with painted boards.

The church of the Bigi, consecrated in 1634, is annexed to the convent of the Poor Clares, of which it was the building of worship. Following the suppression of the religious congregations by the Grand Duke in 1787, the convent was closed. In 1796 the church was assigned to the Compagnia dei Santi Ludovico e Gherardo and began to be known as the "Church of the Bigi" because of the grey colour of the congregation's clothing. After a long decline of the congregation, the church was finally deconsecrated at the beginning of the 20th century, and is now used for cultural activities and initiatives.

The church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built around 1600, is one of the listed wooden churches in the Polish Carpathians. It was heavily restored in the years 1991-1994.