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The church in Kolbu is a wooden church dating from 1730. Part of the material from the previous church on the site was reused during the construction of the new church. Originally, the church was covered with bricks. In 1791, it received its exterior garment and was painted red. In 1856 the octagonal tower was rebuilt, and later the church was painted white. In 1912, the church received slate on the roof. The interior is characterized by two major restorations in 1870 and 1955.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but according to the dates on the preserved gravestones it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged in the mid-19th century. First, it appears on cadastral maps of 1864.

Kolstad church was built from 1986 in a Nordic modernist style. The architect for the church was Nils Henrik Eggen.

The church and community center in Duisburg, Germany, originally built in 1971, has been transformed into a columbarium and crematorium. Designed by architect Prof. Lothar Kallmeyer, the building features a sculptural form with intersecting concrete shells and retains its original materials and character.

Kolvereid church is a long church from 1874. The wooden church was designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.

The Agia Solomoni Chapel is located approx. 700 m northeast of the village centre. The building itself it is in good to fair condition. The interior is in a fair condition, while the cave under the church is in a poor state.

The second church with the ekklesionym Agios Georgios is located on the eastern edge of the village. According to Kassinis, the building was erected in 1897 and consecrated in 1909.

The Agios Nikolaos Chapel is located on the northern edge of the village centre. The building is in a fair to poor condition, while the interior is in a poor state.

Two major churches could be found for the place. The first bears the ekklesionym Archangelos Michael and is located on the western edge of the original settlement core. Built in 1859, the church was apparently converted into a mosque and used as such until a new mosque was completed in the village.

The Panagia Church is located at the western edge of the village, approx. 350 m southwest of the Agios Nikolaos Chapel. The building is in a fair to poor condition. As far as can be seen from the windows, the interior condition is also fair to poor.