Chiesa di Sant'Agata dei Goti

The church of Santa Maria ai Monti was built by the architect Giacomo della Porta at the request of Gregory XIII in 1580 to celebrate the discovery of a 15th-century miraculous image of the Madonna with St. Lawrence and St. Stephen, found in the ruins of a nearby convent of Poor Clares. This image, which is still on the high altar, has been carried in procession every year since the end of April when it was found in 1579. The façade of the church was restored in 1991-1992.

The church of San Lorenzo dates back to the 9th century when it was first erected on the site of the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. At the end of the first millennium, the holy place was entrusted to the monks of St. Benedict, who built a monastery next to it, which became very important in the community of the time. In the early years of the 14th century, the monastery was given to the nuns of St. Clare. The church was rebuilt from the foundations between 1565 and 1574 on the initiative of the titular cardinal Guglielmo Sirleto. The external portico was added in the 17th century.

The early Christian basilica of San Vitale dates back to the 4th century and was originally dedicated to Saints Gervasius and Protasius. It was restored by Pope Leo III (795-816), then again in the Middle Ages and completely rebuilt by Popes Sixtus IV (1475) and Clement VIII (1595): the latter reduced the church to a single nave, instead of the original three, and led to the disappearance of the portico, which was closed off and reduced to a vestibule of the church. In 1859, Pius IX had the characteristic access staircase built, which is located below the church due to the rise in the street level following the construction of the Via Nazionale. The restoration work carried out in 1937-38 restored the original portico.