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The church in Curciu has remained almost unchanged since its construction in the beginning of the 15th century. The remarkable value of the three-aisle basilica with polygonal chancel lies in its outstanding stone masonry. In the chancel the well preserved mullioned windows with tracery can be admired as well as the typical Gothic windows in the tower. The sculptures ornamenting the portals, tower, windows, buttresses, as well as the capitals, keystones, sedilia and the door of the sacristy date back to around 1427. At the beginning of the 19th century the side aisles were heightened, thus obtaining a cross section of a hall church. At the same time both the main nave and the side aisles were covered with a flat, stuccoed ceiling. The tower’s defence level was demolished and replaced in 1913 by the present, with zinc sheet covered spire. Today the ring wall with the gate tower initially used as entrance, as well as a Gothic chapel integrated in this wall still stands as part of the fortified ensemble.

This cathedral, located at the foot of the Fagaras Mountains, was built in the 15th century and is one of the most beautiful religious buildings of this period in Romania.

The Curtea Veche Church, built between 1545 and 1554, is the oldest church in Bucharest. The edifice served for two centuries as a coronation place for the princes of Wallachia. The Serbian-style edifice was influenced by the church of the Cozia Monastery.

Built as Reformed Cypres Church. Modern church with small tower and many side rooms. No longer in use as Reformed Church. (year of this still to be determined). Now Pentecostal Church Morgenstond Cypres.

The Roman- Catholic Parish Church was consecrated in 1995. Its Mission statement explains the patronage of Cyril and Methodius because of the church location on Brünnerstrasse, was the former trade route to Moravia. Special attention to young people – there are multiple events for them, such as Prayer Circle “Loretto of SS Cyril and Methodius” (Loretto Gemeinschaft Cyril and Methodius) and an Youth Fair every month.

The Dagali church is a wooden church with a choir to the east and a gable roof covered with slate. When the church was completed in 1850, it was a simple rectangular wooden church, but it has been enlarged twice since then. The first time, in 1913, it was enlarged with a narrower choir, a sacristy to the south, a baptismal waiting room to the north and a tower to the west. In 1972-73, the church was again extended to the west.

The completion of the first hall church in Daia occurred in 1447 according to its mentioning on the keystone in the chancel. The church had no tower at the time, which was only added in the western part during the fortification works in the beginning of the 16th century. Later it was dismantled until it reached the height of the nave. In the same fortification phase, a defense level was built above the chancel and the church was surrounded by a ring wall, strengthened by two fortified buildings. The western one is nowadays a ruin, but the eastern one still preserves a good image of the typical storage construction equipped with defensive systems. In the 19th Century the defensive systems of the ensemble were dismantled step by step, but outside the fortification an impressive freestanding neo-classical campanile, considered to be one of the highest in the country was built between 1829 and 1834. The hall of the church was covered with a flat ceiling in 1884, but the chancel still preserves its late Gothic ripped vault. After the ensemble was closed for regular church service, only the galleries and the pews remained inside.

Dajbabe Monastery is an Orthodox monastery erected in 1897 on the vision of a shepherd. The founder was Reverend Simeon Popovic (1854-1941). Until his death he worked on painting the interior of the church.

The Dal church is a wooden church built in 1775, but it received its present appearance during a reconstruction in 1842. The church was restored in 1960-62 under the direction of Stephan Tschudi-Madsen.

Dale church is a wooden church dating from 1864. There is no reliable information on the date of construction of the first church in Dale. We do know, however, that the original church, probably a stave church, was demolished in 1593 to make way for a new tarred wooden church that was kept until 1863.