The Saint-Michael chapel is located in the picturesque 13th-century castle of Orava. After his family obtained ownership of the castle in 1556, Juraj Thurzo (1567-1616), a fervent Protestant, was the one who endowed it with the Chapel of St Michael. The richly decorated baroque interior houses the tombs of the Thurzo family. Nationalised after the Second World War, Orava Castle is now a museum and its chapel hosts traditional concerts.
The wooden joint church of Leštiny is an evangelical joint church built between 1688 and 1689. In this Catholic region, "articular" Protestant churches were then allowed as long as they were made of wood (a material seen as temporary) and did not have a tower or bell. However, a bell tower was erected later in 1777.
The wooden church of Tvrdošín dates back to the second half of the 15th century. Rebuilt in the Renaissance style in the 17th century, its furniture is dominated by baroque elements that can be found in the altar at the end of the 17th century.
The former Roman-Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, built in the 18th and 19th centuries, is the only building preserved after the construction of the Orava dam in 1953 and the flooding of the whole Orava valley. At present, this Classicist church houses a permanent exhibition of Orava folk art, sculptures and paintings and festive concerts are occasionally organised there.
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