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The Veli Pasha Mosque is a historic Ottoman building founded in 1651 by Veli Pasha, an official who participated in Rethymno's conquest. It is said to be the oldest mosque in Rethymno.

Veljushki Monastery is said to have been built in the 11th century. With its architectural design originally preserved to the present day, it represents one of the great achievements of medieval Byzantine architecture and sacred art on the Macedonian territory. The frescoes in the church were made in three periods: 1085 (in the altar, the space of the dome in the nave and the walls, the conches, and the chapel), 1164 (in the porch), 19th century (in the nave).

The cemetery emerged not later than the early 19th century, as the earliest preserved tombstone dates to 1805.

Velletri Cathedral was, according to tradition, a former basilica of the Roman town hall, which was transformed into a Christian church in the 5th century. In the 13th century the church underwent a major renovation with the construction of the polygonal exterior apse and the underground chapel containing the relics of St Eleutheran and St Pontian. The main entrance of the cathedral with its façade was incorporated into the construction of the Bishop's Seminary in the 17th century. In 1950, damaged by the war, the cathedral was restored to a design by the architect Giuseppe Zander.

Presumably, the Jewish Cemetery in Velyki Lazy was established during the 19th century. The oldest gravestone dates from 1877, and the latest one to 1938. The remaining Jews of Velyki Lazy were deported to Auschwitz in late May 1944. No Jews live in the town today.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in the 1880s. The cemetery was operating after WWII, the latest preserved gravestone relates to 1980.

The Veme Church is a long church with a single nave dating from 1893 and designed by the architect Ingvar Hjorth who, among others, designed the new main building of the Norges Bank in 1900.

Vemundvik church is a wooden church that was built in 1875. The architect of the church was Ole Scheistrøen (1833 – 1921).

The church in Venabygd dates from 1780. The church is clad with exterior panels and painted white. In 1914, the church underwent a major restoration, when the altarpiece and pulpit were refurbished and the walls were painted. In 1955, the church was restored again, the walls were dried out and the furniture was given new colours.

The cathedral of Venafro was rebuilt in the second half of the 11th century by Bishop Pietro of Ravenna. The building also experienced a tumultuous life: it was stripped of all its possessions by the troops of Frederick II (1220-1250), was damaged by earthquakes in 1349 and 1456, was burnt down on the orders of Emperor Ludwig and had to accommodate the troops of Charles VIII in 1495. Between the end of the 17th century and throughout the 18th century, the church was embellished in the Baroque style. However, its present appearance is the result of restoration work carried out in the 1960s and 1970s, which stripped the co-cathedral of its old Baroque forms and returned it to its previous medieval-Gothic appearance.