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The Church of Santa Susanna was founded in the 9th century but its construction lasted until 1603, when the Baroque façade was completed by Carlo Maderno. From 1587 Pope Sixtus V made the church the seat of the female Cistercian monastic community of St. Bernard. As the Cistercian community was expropriated after 1870, the church was assigned to American cardinals in 1937 and served as the national church of American Catholics until 2017. It has now returned to its original use as a Cistercian monastery.

The Church of Santa Teresa and San José is an eclectic church built between 1916 and 1928. When the convents burned down in 1931, it suffered serious damage. Finally, at the end of the Civil War, the building had to be completely restored following the fire that destroyed a large part of the church during the conflict. Today, the convent and the church belong to the order of the Barefoot Carmelites.

This temple of considerable size is located at the top of a staircase, in an elevated location, which makes it stand out compared to the rest of the town's houses. It has excellent work in dark basalt stonework, especially around the windows, the entrance door and the bell tower that is topped by a clock. On the facade of this temple, over the last window, you can read the inscription: S.S. ANNA 1869.

Initially dedicated to San Salvador, in 1595, the dedication changed to the current one of Saints Justa and Rufina, at the same time that they became patron saints of the town.

Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso was built between 1612 and 1669 on a former 10th-century church. The church was originally designed by Onorio Longhi in a project inspired by the architecture of Milan Cathedral. Since 1906, the maintenance of the basilica has been entrusted to the priests of the Institute of Charity (Rosminians).

It was built at the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th century. It can be attributed to Maestro Rodrigo according to an inscription dated around 1185, although another from 1223 is also preserved. The church underwent several modifications throughout history.

The church of Santiago de Bembrive is one of the three Romanesque churches in Vigo, the other two being the church of Santa María de Castrelos and the church of San Salvador de Corujo. It was built at the end of the 12th and beginning of the 13th century. It consists of a single nave and apse, semicircular on the inside and pentagonal on the outside. The nave is divided into sections with two transverse arches supported by half-columns. The triumphal arch is pointed like the secondary arch and both are supported by semi-columns. The presbytery is covered with a barrel vault while the polygon in which the apse ends is covered with a shell vault.

Its construction dates back to the 12th century and was carried out in three stages. From the first pre-Romanesque stage, the three naves are still preserved, which are divided by pillars that support semicircular arches. The apses were built in a second Romanesque phase and the main façade was remodeled in the third phase.

It dates back to a primitive hermitage, mentioned by Gaspar Frutuoso, especially when describing the events that took place during the incursion of French corsairs in 1576. Although the precise date of its construction is unknown, its facade faced west, and this temple did not have any tower. It was only surrounded by a main wall that bordered a grassy churchyard. It constituted the end of the outskirts of the original village.

This church, which despite not being a parish, was built due to the distance that the population found it from its parish headquarters, its construction began in 1965. The inauguration of the temple took place in 1970.