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Stånga Church is one of the 92 medieval churches on the island of Gotland.

The Stange church is a limestone block church probably built in the middle of the 13th century. It has a rectangular nave with a slightly narrower and lower choir and a sacristy on the north side of the choir built in the late Middle Ages. In 1703, a transverse arm was built on the north wall of the nave, and a porch on the west side in the 19th century.

Stangvik Church is a listed wooden church from 1897. The building, designed by Karl Norum, was restored in 1932, when the old furnishings of the former cross-shaped church of the town were put into use.

The cemetery can be found outside the village, north of Cara Lazara Street. It has 83 gravestones from 1825 to 1940. The site was fenced by ESJF in May 2017.

The old wooden mosque in Buzim (Stara drvena džamija u Bužimu) is one of the oldest and largest wooden mosques in Europe.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to epigraphic data, it already existed at the end of the 19th century and was operating until WWII. The latest preserved gravestone relates to 1940.

Stårheim Church is a wooden church completed in 1864. The church was built according to the plans of the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The first church in Stårheim, mentioned in 1338, probably dates from the first part of the 12th century. It was probably a stave church that stood around 1600. The stave church was replaced by a simple wooden church, which was later replaced by the present church.

Staro Hopovo Monastery is nestled in the forest on the slopes of the Fruska Gora mountains. It was founded by Đorđe Branković at the end of the 15th century with a church dedicated to St Nicholas. The current church was built in 1752 after the first one collapsed due to an earthquake. The complex was partially damaged during the Second World War.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to the dates on the preserved gravestone, it can be assumed that the cemetery already existed in the mid 19th century. It appears on Russian maps of 1917. It was also marked on the map of 1943 when its borders expanded. Probably, the Christian cemetery occupied a piece of the Jewish cemetery. The cemetery is still operational.

The cemetery was most likely established in the 16th or 17th century. In the mid-19th century, it appears on Russian maps. The cemetery was once larger than the fenced area. In 1941, the number of Jews in Staryy Chortoryys’k was estimated to be around 300. On June 26, 1941, the Wehrmacht occupied the town, killing 300 Jews near the village cemetery. In 1968, survivors paid for the erection of a monument on the site of the shooting.