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The Iladalen church was built according to the drawings of Ragnar Nilsen in 1941. Together with the park and the adjacent dwellings, the church is part of a large listed functionalist architectural project. The interior is also characterised by simple and clean forms in a mixture of neoclassicism and functionalism.

The Ilen church was designed by the architect Eugène Sissenére in neo-gothic style, built in stone with a wooden roof and consecrated on 7 June 1889. The organ dates from the same year as the church and was built by the Dane Claus Jensen from Schleswig-Holstein.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It cannot be found marked on old maps. Given the date of the oldest preserved gravestone, it can be inferred the cemetery already existed in the early 20th century. The cemetery is partially demolished, and its northern section is used for agricultural purposes. There is an ohel on the cemetery site, with no plaque.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It cannot be found marked on old maps of the region. It was most likely established in the 19th century. The cemetery is abandoned. There are only five fragments of gravestones left.

Ilsenburg Monastery is a historic Benedictine abbey founded around 1018. The monastic complex includes the former cloister which hosts exhibitions, the monastery church, a café, and a monastery shop. The monastery is a stop of the Harz Monastery Hiking Trail and part of the Romanesque Road that crosses the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

The Ilyinskaya Church is a church of Old Believers, a monument of Belarusian wooden architecture of the late 18th century. It was built in 1773-1774 and consecrated on September 28, 1794. In 1850, the hermitage and the church were closed, from 1852 the church became active again.

Mosque

The new mosque was officially opened on June 11, 2011.

A now broken slabe used to be above the enrance of the mosque, and it reads that may Allah accept this act of benevolence (refering to the construction of the mosque). The numerical value of the phrase is 848, corresponding to the date of the foundation of the mosque in the Islamic calendar.

The Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Tartu was built between 1862 and 1899 in red brick like many buildings in Tartu.