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Anagni Cathedral dates back to the 11th century. The town of Agnani was one of the secondary centres of the papacy from the 11th century and remained so until the 13th century. The construction of the cathedral, decided by Bishop Pietro da Salerno, began in 1071 on the site of the ancient acropolis where a previous cathedral dating back to the High Middle Ages had already been built. It was essentially completed in 11053 and then, during the 13th century, underwent various stylistic modifications in the Gothic style, particularly the central nave and the apse.

The cathedral of Ancona, built between 996 and 1017, mixes Romanesque and Byzantine styles. The building stands on the former site of a temple dedicated to Aphrodite. The cathedral was restored in the 1980s.

The Cathedral of Andria was built by Goffredo d'Altavilla, Lord of Andria, between the end of the 11th century and the beginning of the 12th century on an earlier church, dedicated to St. Peter, dating from before the year 1000 and which today corresponds to the building's crypt. The Cathedral underwent major modifications in the 17th and 18th centuries and then in the 19th century with the construction of the façade and the external portico.

The present Aosta Cathedral was built in the 11th century, probably at the request of Bishop Anselmo (994-1025), and was probably designed in the Nordic style, inspired by the main church complexes of the Germanic Empire in the Ottonian period. During the 12th and 13th centuries, the church underwent transformations and embellishments. In the 15th century, the church was completely transformed, especially inside (burial chapel, sanctuary, choir). At the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century, a series of works on the body of the building gave it the appearance it still has today, such as the Renaissance-style façade built between 1522 and 1526.

The Cathedral of Ascoli Piceno is the result of numerous adaptations and superimpositions between the 5th and 16th centuries. The remains discovered during the restoration of the crypt in 1967 show that the first temple was built as early as the 4th or 5th century on a pre-existing Roman building. The façade was built between 1529 and 1539 according to a project by the Cola dell'Amatrice. At the end of the Second World War, Bishop Ambrogio Squintani had the walls of the crypt decorated with mosaics on cartoons by Pietro Gaudenzi (1880-1955), representing episodes of the last war.

The Ashkenazi Synagogue in Vercelli was built in 1878 by architect Marco Treves. This Neo-Moorish brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The Cathedral of Assisi or Saint-Rufin Cathedral was built between 1140 and 1571. This place of worship in Romanesque and Baroque style is particularly imposing for the small medieval town of Assisi. It is dedicated to Saint Rufin (the first bishop of the city and a martyr in the 2nd century), whose relics are venerated in a sarcophagus under the high altar.

The cathedral of Atri was consecrated in 1223 on a previous construction. The sober façade in white Istrian stone has a large portal in Gothic style, designed by Maestro Rainaldo, with a large rose window and a niche with a figure of the Virgin and Child. The south wall has three portals: the one on the left dates back to 1305 and was made by Rainaldo, the one in the centre dates back to 1288 with sculptures of lions and symbols of the Capetian House of Anjou-Sicily, the one on the right is dated 1302. On the left side of the church, there is a 56-metre high bell tower, the work of Antonio da Lodi in the 15th century.

San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore is an early Christian church rebuilt in the 16th century. The interior is decorated with a vast cycle of frescoes and is referred to as the "Sistine Chapel" of Milan.

The cathedral of Avellino was built between 1132 and 1166. However, thanks to the will of various bishops, and sometimes also because of various damages caused by earthquakes and wars, the structure has undergone numerous restorations and extensions. The Cathedral, which has a Romanesque appearance, kept its original appearance until the end of the 17th century when the first transformations and restorations began. In the second half of the 19th century, Bishop Francesco Gallo (1855-1896) had the cathedral completely rebuilt and enlarged, transforming it into a neoclassical building. The façade was rebuilt by the architect Pasquale Cardola between 1857 and 1868, while the interior was transformed by the architect Vincenzo Varriale, who worked intensively on it from 1880 to 1889.