The church of Santa Maria Addolorata was built between 1998 and 2001 to a design by the architect Tommaso Sbardella and was consecrated on 17 March 2001 by Cardinal Camillo Ruini. The building has a composite structure, made of tuff blocks that match the travertine, with a wooden and copper roof; the façade is preceded by a flight of steps that leads to the three entrance portals, above which is a cross.
The church of San Leone I was built according to a project by the architect Giuseppe Zander between 1950 and 1952. The façade of the church is in brick with travertine portals and sculptures by Luigi Venturini; a rose window is inserted in the upper part. The interior has a nave and two aisles divided by concrete columns supporting the ceiling, also in concrete.
The jubilee church was consecrated in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. The white cement church was designed by the famous architect Richard Meier who wished, in a symbolic way, to give it the shape of a boat with three sails.
Santa Maria della Misericordia al Verano is a church located in the huge municipal cemetery of Campo di Verano. The cemetery of Campo di Verano was originally founded by Napoleon's French invaders, who issued an edict in 1804 banning the ancient burial practices in the city. Having not evolved since the Middle Ages, they were rightly considered too unhealthy. Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) commissioned Virginio Vespignani to design the cemetery and oversee the construction of the main architectural elements. The church was completed in 1862.
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