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The Cathedral of Our Lady of Szeged, or votive church, was built between 1913 and 1930 in the neo-Romanesque style. Together with the Dome Square (Dóm tér) facing it, it is one of the most monumental pieces of brick church architecture.

The votive church, a Roman Catholic church, is a neo-gothic religious monument in Vienna. It was consecrated in 1879 to pay tribute to the survival of Emperor Franz Joseph during an assassination attempt in 1853.

The Vöyri Wooden Church is the oldest wooden church in use in Vöyri in. The church was completed in 1626 and extended in 1777. The crucifix is the most famous work of art in the church. It was carved by an unknown artist, probably in Lübeck, around 1375-1400.

The monastery of Vraćevšnica was built before 1428, and the frescoes were completed in 1431. The founder of the monastery was Radič Postupović, a Serbian nobleman who lived during the reign of the despot Stefan Lazarević (1402-1427). After the Turkish conquest of the territory in the middle of the 15th century, the monastery was damaged and abandoned. After the renewal of the Serbian Patriarchate Peć, the monastery was renovated around 1579. In 1737, under Austrian rule, the monastery was renovated again.

The present church of Vrådal, built in 1887, is the third church of the village. The two previous churches were about 4 kilometres further east, where the old cemetery can still be seen. The first church, a stave church, was replaced by an octagonal wooden church in 1685 (consecrated in 1686). It is said to be the first octagonal church in the country, but it was demolished in 1888 after the new church was used.

Vranjaš Monastery lies on the slopes of the Fruska Gora mountains, near the village of Manđelos. A church dedicated to St Basil of Ostrog was built in 2014 with Norwegian white pine. The interior is lavishly decorated with iconostasis painted by painted by Borislav and Marija Živković.

Vranje Cathedral dates back to the end of the 17th century. It was built with the help of Pasha Hussein of Vranje. The church was rebuilt in 1858-1860 under the direction of the builder Andreja Damjanov. The church community entrusted the painting part of the iconostasis works to Dimitar Krstević-Dič, then the most famous and talented icon painter of Vardar Macedonia.

Vrdnik-Ravanica is a historic monastery on the slopes of the Fruska Gora Mountains near the Vrdnik thermal springs. It is one of the 16 surviving Orthodox monasteries built between the 15th and 18th centuries on the Fruška Gora mountain in Serbia (also known as the Serbian Mount Athos).

The Vršac Cathedral was built in the 18th century, between 1728 and 1785. The iconostasis was painted by Pavel Đurković, and Aksentije Marković did the woodcarving work. The murals and the vault were painted by Simeon Jakšić and Mihajlo Popović.

In 1925, the villagers erected a wooden bell tower on the site of the present chapel. On the initiative of some villagers, the wooden bell tower was demolished and the present bell tower was built with a small chapel, which was blessed in honour of St. Anton of Padua on 10 June 1938. In 1963 and 1964, on the initiative of the then parish priest Ivan Kolenc, the chapel was extended and refurbished according to the plans of Jožef Požauk from Maribor.