The church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale was built between 1658 and 1670 on a design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The façade opens onto a small cemetery widened by two concave wings, illusively enlarging the space on the model of the colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, also by Bernini.
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.
The Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane is a baroque church built between 1634 and 1644 by Francesco Borromini. The facade of the church on the street was designed and built much later, from 1664; after the architect's death in 1667, the work was continued from 1670 to 1680 on the basis of Borromini's drawings.
St. Paul Within the Walls is an Anglican church built from 1873 to 1880 in the neo-Romanesque-Gothic style. It is an Episcopal church in America, the first non-Catholic church built in Rome after the unification of Italy in 1861.
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