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The first mention of the church of San Giacomo Pellegrino dates back to 1349. The whole building is surrounded by a small wall, with access through an arched door. Inside the church there is a beautiful triptych in Gothic style dating back to 1517. The church acquired its present appearance around 1500.

The plan is of the Gothic-Mudejar type of a single-nave church with two polygonal apses at the head and at the foot, with chapels between the buttresses. The feet and headboard were originally flat. And with a square tower.

Originally built in 1574 on the site of the monastery, which housed the statues of St. Peter and San Ginés, was flooded and completely rebuilt in 1667. It was extended in the 18th and 19th centuries by San Ginés ( St. Genesius of Clermont) who is the patron saint of the island.

The Church of San Gioacchino in Prati was built at the request of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), from 1891 to 1911, although the church opened its doors in 1898. The church, built by the architect Raffaele Ingami, has three naves, in the shape of a Latin cross, separated by pink granite columns with bronze capitals. It appears sumptuously decorated with polychrome marble and metal furniture. The central door is flanked by two columns donated by the Tsar of Russia.

The church of San Giorgio al Corso was built as a parish church at the end of the 16th century, but after its complete destruction by the 1908 earthquake, it was rebuilt in 1935. On the side of the church are the archaeological remains of a religious structure of the medieval city of Reggio.

The church of San Giorgio dei Genovesi was built between 1575 and 1596 by the Piedmontese architect Giorgio Di Faccio for the Genoese merchants of Palermo. The exterior is dominated by forms and styles of Tuscan origin, while the interior shows the union of Byzantine and Norman art. Inside the building, numerous tombstones bear witness to the competition between the wealthiest Genoese families to gain prestigious recognition in the Church of the Nation. Among those buried in the church is Sofonisba Anguissola (1532 - 1625), a woman painter famous for her portraits of the court of Philip II of Spain.

The Church of San Giorgio dei Greci is the main Orthodox church in Venice. The community of Greeks was formed over time in Venice due to the Ottoman expansion. In 1453, the fall of Constantinople brought thousands of Greek refugees to the city. In June 1526, the Council of Ten authorised the community to build its own Orthodox church: work began in 1530 and was completed in 1571.

The church of San Giorgio in Braida was preceded by the Romanesque church of a Benedictine monastery that flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries. After a period of decline, the monastery was entrusted to the Canons Regular of San Giorgio in Alga in 1442. It is believed that the construction of the present church began at that time and continued until the 16th century. Under Austrian rule (1815-1866), with the construction of the new fortifications in 1837, a large part of the building was demolished. In 1938, the building underwent a cycle of restoration work that led to the partial reconstruction of the 16th-century cloister.

The Church of San Giovanni a Carbonara was built as a monastery church in the 15th century. It houses important art works and chapels.

The church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina dates back to the 5th or late 4th century, certainly rebuilt in 720 and restored in 1191, with the addition of a new beautiful bell tower with six orders of triple lancet windows and a new cycle of frescoes. Between the 16th and 17th centuries, the church was enriched with a new fresco of the apse made by the Cavalier d'Arpino (1568-1640).