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This shrine dedicated to Saint Catherine of Siena, "Doctor of the Church", was inaugurated in 1985 and continues to enjoy a particular popular devotion. The initiative for this chapel was taken by Jean Wintgens, who was fascinated by the saint's personality. The building deviates from the traditional design of a closed building but is open to the outside, inspired by the campo of Siena. It is a polygonal building with a crypt, an inward sloping roof with an open atrium in the middle and a small fountain dedicated to the saint in the centre. A relic of the saint was donated by the archbishop of Siena.

The church of San Bernardino da Siena was built by the Confraternity of St Bernardino. The building site was opened in 1604 and, once the work was completed, the interior was enriched with refined furniture and numerous works of art. The painting "San Bernardino da Siena salva Carpi da un esercito nemico" by Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619) deserves special mention.

The Church of the Santissimo Crocifisso is a subsidiary church dating from the 18th century. The first oratory to house the fresco depicting the Deposition of Christ from the Cross was designed by Giacomo Lucenti and built around 1724. The place of worship was small and a few years later it was deemed unsuitable for the needs of the faithful of Carpi and in its place, in 1763, the sanctuary that has come down to us was built, designed by Carlo Lugli. The church was entrusted from the beginning to the Confraternity of the "Sacchi Neri" and it was not until 1950 that it became the headquarters of the Confraternity "dell'Adorazione Perpetua".

The church of San Donato was founded in the 12th century as a Benedictine monastery of Vallombrosian rule, dependent on the abbey of San Michele in Passignano. The Latin cross-shaped building has lost its original Romanesque forms, except for the octagonal tiburium. The interior, with a single nave, has a Baroque appearance dating from the end of the 17th century. The neo-Romanesque gabled facade is the result of a restoration (1940-1942) that erased the previous 18th-century facade.

The Basilica of San Francesco was built between 1228 and 1255. It was enlarged around 1326 and in the 15th century, gradually transforming the Romanesque building into its present Gothic structure. A fire in 1655 destroyed much of the basilica's artwork. The interior was heavily modified in the 19th century.

The Basilica of San Domenico was built in the 13th century and enlarged in the following century. The Gothic building houses the relic of the head of Saint Catherine of Siena in a splendid Renaissance chapel built for the occasion.

The Santuario di Santa Caterina stands on the birthplace of Catherine of Siena (14th century). The sanctuary includes the Hall of the Saints (Camera della santa), the church Chiesa del Crocifisso (consecrated on 23 April 1623), the sacristy, and the oratories: Oratorio di Santa Caterina, Oratorio della Tintoria (built between 1466 and 1474), and Oratorio della Cucina.

Santa Maria in Provenzano was built between 1595 and 1604 in the Mannerist style. The church has an important role in the Palio de Siena (horse race) because it houses the image of Our Lady of Provenzano in whose honour the famous race is held every year on July 2.

The Oratory of Santa Caterina in Fontebranda, also known as the Oratory of the Tintoria, is a small church built between 1465 and 1474 by Francesco di Duccio del Guasta. After the canonization of Catherine of Siena by Pope Pius II in 1461, the inhabitants of the Sienese district of Fontebranda wanted to build a church dedicated to the saint who was born and lived there. It was therefore decided to demolish the old dye works of Jacopo Benincasa, the saint's father, and two adjacent houses to create a space for the church.

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta was built in the 13th century in the Romanesque-Gothic Italian style. It is famous for its intensive use of marble marquetry. An enlargement of the church took place in the 14th century, but was abandoned with its failure. As part of Historic Centre of Siena, the cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.