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The presence of the Basilica of Our Lady of Humility is already attested in ecclesiastical documents dating back to the 13th century and its existence is presumed to have been between the 7th and 11th centuries. Its architectural importance is due to the dome designed by Giorgio Vasari (16th century), 59 metres high. Giovanni Domenico Ferretti painted frescoes in it during his stay in Pistoia from 1720 to 17251.

Santissima Annunziata is the founding and monastic church of the Servite Order. The church was built in the 13th century and was rebuilt in its current form in the first half of the 15th century.

The Basilica of Santissima Annunziata del Vastato It was the work of the Franciscan friars in the 16th century. The church displays a style typical of Late Mannerism.

Constructed in 1116, this church is one of the most important examples of the romanesque style on the Island of Sardinia. It is constructed of local black basalt and white limestone, creating a striped appearance.

The Basilica of St. Camillus de Lellis was built at the request of Pope Pius X (1903-1914) on the project of the architect Tullio Passarelli. Construction began in 1906. Consecrated as a church and erected as a parish in 1910, it was entrusted to regular clerics, the Camillians. The basilica is in neo-Romanesque style with Gothic influences.

The basilica of San Domenico was first consecrated in 1238 by Dominican fathers. During the sacking of 1528, the church and the adjoining conventual building were razed to the ground. In the mid-16th century, the former Templar church of Santa Maria Maddalena was taken over and renovated by the Dominicans, and the construction of the convent began. The church was enlarged at the beginning of the 18th century and was given a new high altar, built by Luigi della Marra.

The church of St. Francis is mentioned as early as the end of the 13th century, although it has 14th-century forms and features. The horizontally crowned façade has an oculus and a striking Gothic portal with a lunette containing a group of terracotta statues of the Virgin and Child enthroned, flanked by two adoring angels.

The Basilica di San Francesco is a 13th century Bolognese church dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, owned by the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Between 1397 and 1402, a new large bell tower was erected on a project by Antonio di Vincenzo. After the arrival of the French (1796), the church was deconsecrated and reduced to a customs house. Between 1886 and 1906, Alfonso Rubbiani supervised a restoration that returned the church to its original appearance but with a heavy rebuilding. The bombings of the Second World War caused further damage and collapse of the complex (facade, vaults and cloister), which was then restored.

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 Gennaro fuori le mura was built near the catacombs of San Gennaro in the 5th century. The ancient structure is probably the result of the fusion of two ancient cemetery sites, one from the 2nd century containing the remains of Agrippinus of Naples (the first patron saint of the city) and the other from the 4th century, which housed the remains of St. Gennaro, at least until the remains were transferred in the first half of the 9th century. The building underwent transformations between the 9th and 15th centuries, while in the 17th century it was updated according to Baroque trends, becoming first a hospital for plague victims and then a hospice for the poor.