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The Church of Saint Sebastian or Igreja de São Sebastião da Pedreira was built in the 17th century under the reign of John IV of Portugal. The church suffered the impact of the 1755 earthquake, but the structure survived without major integral damage.

The Terceira do Carmo Order built the Church do Carmo between 1756 and 1768 in a Rococo Baroque style. It was listed as a National Monument in 2013.

Igreja do Coração de Jesus is a 1960s church by architects Nuno Portas and Nuno Teotónio Pereira.

The Igreja do Corpo Santo is a church rebuilt in the 18th century that used to be part of an Irish convent of Dominican monks.

The Igreja do Loreto (Church of Our Lady of the Loreto) was built in 1518 to offer Italian merchants a place of worship in Portugal's capital. For this reason the church is also known as the Church of the Italians.

The construction of the Carmelite Church or the Discalced Carmelite Church began in 1616 and was completed in 1628. The decoration of the interior was not to be completed until 1650. The building, now occupied by the National Guard Republican, was classified as National Monument in 2013.

The church of the congregation was built in 1703 on the site of a chapel dedicated to St. Anthony, dated 1662. The tiles and stained glass date from 1920.

Clérigos Church is an 18th-century Baroque building listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is especially famous in Porto for her turn.

The Igreja Matriz da Raposeira (Parish Church of Raposeira) dates from the 16th century. The building has a marked Manuelist style, as can be seen in the façades, the triumphal arch and the holy water font. Inside, visitors can admire the Baroque side altarpieces and several statues from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The Parish Church of Válega is a Baroque style church with the characteristic Portuguese mosaic of tiles creating religious scenes in the front, even though tiles usually depict blue plant designs. Inside, the baptismal font, in Ançã stone , dating from the beginning of the 16th century , and the main altarpiece , dating from the 18th century, stand out.