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The Orthodox Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built in 1865. The entrance is decorated with a two-pillar porch under a gable roof. Icons from the 19th and early 20th century are found inside.

The Orthodox Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built in 1838. In 2009, without the agreement of the Ministry of Culture, the church was renovated.

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The former Roman-Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, built in the 18th and 19th centuries, is the only building preserved after the construction of the Orava dam in 1953 and the flooding of the whole Orava valley. At present, this Classicist church houses a permanent exhibition of Orava folk art, sculptures and paintings and festive concerts are occasionally organised there.

The Church of the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament is a Neo-Gothic religious building and convent building built respectively in 1874 and 1884. In 1932, an additional floor was added to the annexe building at the back of the church. In 1976, the interior volume of the church was profoundly modified by the installation of a false ceiling and a separation wall shortening the choir.

The church of the Founding of the Holy Cross, built between 1648 and 1656, is part of a Capuchin monastery in Brno. In the basement of the church, the Capuchin crypt contains the naturally mummified bodies of a hundred monks from the monastery.

The church of the Five Virgins is a place of worship carved in the rock near the village of Argiroupoli. It is dedicated to the Five Virgins that are believed to have died here: Thekla, Marianna, Ethane, Martha and Mary.

The church of the Four Martyrs is a place of worship dedicated to the four Cretan martyrs (Aggelis, Emmanouil, Georgios and Nikolaos) who were executed by the Ottomans in 1824 after refusing to convert to Islam. It was inaugurated in 1975.

The Church of the Gesù is the mother church of the Society of Jesus. Built between 1568 and 1584, it was designed by a Florentine architect, Nanni di Baccio Bigio. In 1554 the project was reworked by Michelangelo and then by Vignola (1568). The construction of the church is considered an important turning point in the history of art, the whole of its design serving the cause of the Counter-Reformation.

The Church of the Heart of Jesus was built between 1892 and 1894 by the Viennese architect Ludwig Schöne in the neo-gothic style. It was first renovated by the church in 1936 and then by the state in 1987. Inside, the polychrome ceiling, the painting of the walls and columns is the work of Otto Kott. Several of the stained glass windows were donated by local families.