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The Sotiras Christos Church (Christ Saviour) is located at the cemetery of Spili. It is a vaulted church with a single nave and is decorated with mural paintings. The temple dates from the 14th century although it has been altered throughout the centuries.

The church of the Transfiguration of Christ or Sotiras Christos is a Byzantine building. The church preserved frescoes from the 14th century. Among these frecos are the founders of the church, a man and a woman.

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The building is located in the southern part of the village.

The red-painted wooden chapel, belonging to Föglö mother church, lies on the southern tip of Sottunga island, far from the other habitation. Outside the churchyard the belfry stands isolated on the other side of the road running from the ferry harbor in the south to Sottunga village further north.

Moroccan mosque. Inconspicuously situated building, on a side road of the Wezelstraat. Recognizable as a mosque, because of both the name above the entrance and a modest minaret.

The Armenian monastery of Sourp Magar (Saint Makarios), also known as the Armenian Monastery or Magaravank, is located within the Plataniotissa forest, which belongs to the community of Charkeia.

The building is located in the eastern part of the town, close to the sea.

The mosque is located in the northern area of the original village centre. Not much is known about the history of the current mosque. In any case, it replaced a predecessor mosque on the same site. The present building was probably erected after the severe earthquake of 1953. Aerial photographs from 1963 show that it was the newest building in the village.

The South Manchester Synagogue is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in 1912-13 by architect Joseph Sunlight. This stone building in the Art Deco and Neo-Byzantine style still serves as a synagogue. The building was recently restored in 2003.