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The church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary is a local church in the village of Pentamodi.

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The church of the Dormition of Theotokos or Church of the Panagia in Rousospiti is a 14th-century basilica preserving its medieval frescoes.

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The Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross and Our Lady of the Healing of the Sick is a modernist church built from 1979 to 1981 according to the plan of architects Henryk Buszko and Aleksander Franta. The church has sculptures by the famous sculptor Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła.

The Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross was built in 1905-1907 of red clinker bricks in a Romanesque Revival style. It is the second church on this site, the first, built in 1854-55, having proved too small for the Catholic community.

The Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross was probably founded in the 13th century with a Dominican monastery. In 1419, the monastery was burned down by the Hussites and was not restored until 1621 with the return of Catholics to the region.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Epiphany was built from 1929 according to the plans of the Castrop-Rauxel architect Wilhelm Tiefenbach. In 2010 the church became the first motorway church in a large city and was included in the Industrial Heritage Route in 2011. The church was built in the Bauhaus style, with the typical simple and strictly geometrical forms.