The Piva Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery built from 1573 to 1586 under Ottoman rule. To prevent the monastery from being flooded by the dam of the Piva Reservoir, it was moved stone by stone to its present location from 1970 to 1982.
Nikšić Cathedral dates from the end of the 19th century. When the Diocese of Zahumlje-Raska was established in 1878, the decision was made to have its centre at Nikšić. During the construction of the cathedral from 1895 to 1900, the first bishop of Zahumlje-Raska, Visarion Ljubiša (1878-1882), stayed temporarily in the nearby Ostrog monastery. The cathedral was designed by the Russian architect Mikhail Timofeevich Preobrazhensky.
The Church of St Nicholas is a Serbian Orthodox temple built in the 19th century in Foča. Its bell tower was added in 1975 replacing a wooden belfry. It preserves important icons and frescoes.
The Aladža Mosque is an Ottoman-style mosque rebuilt in 2018.
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