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This Jewish Cemetery has about fifty tombstones, some of which are damaged. Several tombstones from the 1950s-60s are individually fenced.

Aremark church is a brick church that was completed in 1861. The church was built on the same site as Aremark old church, a stone church from probably the 12th century that was demolished around 1850. The architect of the church is Peter Høier Holtermann.

Areti Monastery (Moni Areti) was founded in the late 16th century and is currently an active monastery.

The chapel is located on the southern edge of the original village centre. In a picture of 2004, there was a makeshift roof on the church. Today, the condition of the building is poor to ruin. There is no roof any more. The walls are showing clear sign of deterioration; grass and weed is growing on the walls, and cracks are visible.

The church with the ekklesionym Timios Prodromos stands in the centre of the village. Today the building is used by the “Association of Art and Coorporation, Argaki” and is locked.

The Argenschwang synagogue was built in the 17th and 18th centuries. The two-storey half-timbered house with rectangular windows was purchased by the Jewish community in the 18th century in order to establish a synagogue there after an extension of the building. The prayer hall was located on the upper floor. The prayer hall had a vaulted wooden ceiling painted with a starry sky. During the pogrom of November 1938, the interior was probably devastated and damaged. In 1980, the exterior of the building was repaired.

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The Lord's Ark church (Arka Pana) was built in the years 1967-1977 according to the plans of the architect mgr. Eng. Wojciech Pietrzyk. The roof of the building makes the church look like not only the arch but also the chapel of Ronchamp, designed by Le Corbusier.

The monastery of Arkadi dates from the 16th century and is marked by the influence of the Renaissance, the island being then Venetian. Destroyed by the Turks in 1866 (since rebuilt), Arkadi embodied resistance against the Ottoman occupation.

Arlöv Church is a neo-Gothic church built in 1900 according to the plans of the architect Alfred Arwidius, replacing the old Burlöv Church. The large stained glass windows in the chancel were created by the Danish artist Mogens Jörgensen.