The church of Kemiö, or St. Andrew's Church, is first mentioned in 1445. The church was designed by the same master builder who was responsible for the churches in Perniö, Sauvo and Tenhola. The stone church dedicated to St. Andrew was probably completed in 1469. Its bell tower dates from the post-fire period, 1786-1788, when the former belfry was converted into a mortuary. Between 1920 and 1922, the church was renovated.
The Karuna church was built in 1908-1910 with Karuna's gray granite. The architectural style is national romanticism. The building is often venerated as one of the most beautiful national romantic churches of Finland.
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 church in Perniö is a medieval stone church probably built between 1460 and 1480. The church was designed by the same master builder who was responsible for the churches of Kemiö, Sauvo and Tenhola. The church has undergone few changes, except for the south-east pillar built in the 18th century and the modification of the window openings in the 19th century.
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