The church of Santa Maria della Neve was first mentioned in the 12th century. In 1607, the building was given to the University of Rigattieri, which rebuilt it at its own expense, in the Baroque style. After the French Revolution, the church was entrusted to the Confraternity of Santa Maria della Neve and its name was changed to its current name.
The church of Santa Maria ai Monti was built by the architect Giacomo della Porta at the request of Gregory XIII in 1580 to celebrate the discovery of a 15th-century miraculous image of the Madonna with St. Lawrence and St. Stephen, found in the ruins of a nearby convent of Poor Clares. This image, which is still on the high altar, has been carried in procession every year since the end of April when it was found in 1579. The façade of the church was restored in 1991-1992.
Santi Cosma e Damiano is one of the oldest churches in Europe. Erected in the 6th century on the remains of a Roman temple, still visible today, the apse of the basilica has preserved mosaics of the time.
St. Peter's Basilica, founded in 442, is also known as the Eudossian Basilica after the name of its founder, Licinia Eudossia (422-493). The church has undergone numerous restorations, the most important of which were carried out by Hadrian I in 780, by Sixtus IV in 1471 and by Julius II in 1503. Other restorations were carried out in the 18th and 19th centuries. The church is best known for housing the tomb of Julius II with the famous Moses of Michelangelo .
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