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The cathedral of Lipari is situated on a rock about 60 m high by the sea. It is dedicated to the patron saint of the Lipari Islands and the city of Lipari, the apostle Bartholomew. In 1084 Roger I founded the Benedictine Abbey of San Bartolomeo in Lipari. The ancestor of the cathedral was therefore the abbey church, built around 1130. The old cathedral was destroyed in 1544 during a raid by Turkish pirates led by Khair ad-Din Barbarossa. The present building, in Baroque style, was erected in 1654. The bell tower and the facade date from the second half of the 18th century, the upper part of the facade was rebuilt in 1861 after a collapse.

The Lisbon Cathedral, or Church of Santa Maria Maior, began to be built in the second half of the twelfth century. It is classified national monument since 1910.

The construction of this mosque was completed in 1985, after about 7 years of construction. The mosque has both a dome and a minaret on its exterior, and a reception hall, a prayer hall, and an auditorium in the interior. Its architects were António Maria Braga and João Paulo Conceição.

Lisleherad Church is a long wooden church that was built in 1873-76. It replaced a stave church which was demolished just before the construction of the new church.

The Little Chapel is a chapel built in the 1920s by Brother Déodat-Antoine. After the promulgation of the law of separation of Church and State in 1905, a number of French religious, including Brother Déodat-Antoine, emigrated to the Channel Islands and Canada in the following years.

The exact period of the cemetery’s foundation is unknown. It existed in the 18th century and appears on Russian maps from the 1880s. The cemetery was destroyed during or after WWII. After the war, the Liubeshiv Jews who were shot in August 1942 were reburied in this cemetery.

This 13th century hall church is named after the famous 'Apostle of the Groningers', St. Liudger. In 1664 the church was thoroughly rebuilt using the convent stones of the monastery Saint Bernard in Aduard, which was destroyed in 1580. The rich interior of the Ludgerus Church can be seen after the southern tower entrance.

In the first half of the 19th century, a house with stable and barn stood here, used by the gardener Hendrik Braak. In 1846, the building was sold for the benefit of the church of the secessionists. A conversion into a church building took place in 1866. The second major conversion was in 1920. The walls were raised, galleries were added, and the number of seats increased from 572 to 729. The third major conversion took place in 2009. In addition to a reduction in the number of seats, a complete modernization of the interior was also carried out.

The Panagia Kyra Church of Livadia lies approximately 800m northeast of the village. The church, which dates back to the 12th-13th centuries, was renovated recently; the works were completed in January 2022. On the day of the survey, all accesses (gates, doors, fences) were found broken. However, this seems to have been caused by worshippers who wanted to pray in the church, as no other damage or vandalism could be found. Candles and a small icon were found in the apse.

From the very early days of its origins and starting to build just after the turn of the 20th century, through to its completion in 1978 after 74 long, hard, but rewarding years, the unfolding story of this great cathedral, the largest in the whole of the UK and the fifth largest in the world, is unique and fascinating.