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The Sauda church is a long church dating from 1866. The church was built according to the type drawings of Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow. When the church was consecrated, it had no spire and the inventory was simple. The church was given a spire in 1921 and the extension at the entrance was added later.

The Sauherad Church was built between 1150 and 1250 and is dedicated to Saint Lawrence. It has a rectangular nave and a narrower choir at the right end. In 1781 the nave was extended to the west. The south portals of the choir and the nave have been preserved, but the portal of the nave has been somewhat modified. In 1830, the church was redesigned by architect Linstow. The frescoes in the church hall were discovered and restored in the 1940s and 1950s by Gerhard Gotaas.

The church in Sauland was inaugurated in 1859 but was not fully completed until 1863. A medieval moat church was demolished in 1860. There is a gate church of the Oldsaksamlinga moat church in Oslo. In 1974 the church was decorated by the Finn Emanuel Olsen. The interior of the church was restored in colour for the anniversary in 2009.

Saura church is a wooden church built in 1884. The architect of the church is Carl Julius Bergstrøm (1828 - 1898).

Saurbæjarkirkja was built in 1858 and can accommodate 60 people. Saurbæjarkirkja is one of the six "peat churches" that still exist in Iceland. The walls of Saurbæjarkirkja are built of stone and peat, and the roof is made of peat.

A masterpiece of Romanesque art from the 12th century, this former Benedictine abbey was an active and recognised religious centre. The ensemble that remains of it offers admirable capitals where biblical representations stand next to monsters from the depths of time or from the far east. From the top of its bell tower, there is an impressive view of the village and the landscape. The visit of the monument ends with the discovery of the lapidary museum which presents a collection of sculpted stones (capitals, modillions, keystones) found during the restoration campaigns.

The church of Sauvo is a medieval greystone church built in its present form mainly between 1460 and 1472. The first written mention of Sauvo Church is in the Turku Cathedral registers since 1346. However, there was a church in Sauvo long before that. There are wooden churches on the site of the present stone church, the first of which may have been built in the early 13th century.

The Savilahti stone sacristy, dating from the 16th century, was once part of the now defunct Savilahti parish church. In 1930, the town council granted funds to the museum association to transform the stone sacristy into a museum on the theme of the church. The museum opened its doors the following year.

The monastery of Savina consists of three churches: the small church of the Assumption, the large church of the Assumption and the church of St. Sava, from which the monastery takes its name. Although the monastery dates back to the 15th century, when it was founded by Duke Stefan Vukčić Kosača, it is probable that the small church of the Assumption existed as early as the 11th century. It is also said that the Church of St. Sava predates the monastery, having been built by the saint himself in the 13th century. The large Assumption Church was built later, between 1777 and 1799, and was built by the master Nikola Foretić.

Savinac Monastery is a ruined building in the suburban settlement of Stari Ledinci.