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The cave church of San Juan de Socueva is a hermitage, currently abandoned, of late medieval origin. The church belongs to the group of rock temples built in different parts of Cantabria between the 8th and 10th centuries. They were founded by Christian settlers who, in the context of the Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula, fled the area of direct influence of Al-Andalus and settled in the valleys of the autonomous community. The natural rock is used for paving the ground. Access is through an atrium, facing east, which was built in a rustic style in the 19th century, next to the mouth of the cave. It is covered by a roof and is surrounded by a small fence with a lintel door.

The Cathedral of San Leo stands on a site that has been used for the worship of deities since prehistoric times. The first cathedral in the early Middle Ages was built in the 7th century. The remains of the first church are incorporated into the current Romano-Lombard structure.

The monastery of San Luca was built in the 15th century on the former monastery of San Lazzaro, which has been present in the city since the beginning of the 13th century and disappeared with the plague of 1413. In 1861, the monastery was taken out of service and transformed into military housing and, later, into the Carabinieri barracks.

The church of San Manuel and San Benito was built between 1902 and 1910. The architect, Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, built it as residence and church for the Augustinian Fathers.

The church of San Marco was built in the middle of the 15th century. In 1587, restoration work began in accordance with the directives of the Council of Trent and in 1603, the new building was consecrated. In 1658, the present 48 m high bell tower was built in place of the old bell tower. Further extensions were carried out in the 18th and 19th centuries, after which the church was given its present layout. It is decorated with a series of marble altars, which are among the most important Baroque altars in Trentino. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gave his first concert in Italy before a large audience in San Marco in 1769, during his first trip to Italy.

The church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore was built from 1503. It is situated onto the convent of the Benedictine nuns, the largest in Milan.

This 12th-century basilica stands atop a hill overlooking the town of Ottana. It is constructed using a mixture of black-purple basalt and pink trachyte, giving it a unique colour scheme. It houses a wooden crucifix from the 16th century as well as a 14th-century polyptych.

The church of San Pablo is a Mudejar Gothic church dating from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. The Mudéjar tower with an octagonal plan is well known and is one of the best examples of a Mudéjar tower in the city. In 2001, it was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List as an important example of Aragonese Mudéjar.

The church of San Pantalon, consecrated in 1745, bears the name of the local saint San Pantaleone di Nicomedia in Bithynia. San Pantalon was a doctor between the 3rd and 4th century and was martyred during the persecutions of Maximian between 305 and 310.

San Paolo Apostolo is a modern church built between 2001 and 2009, on the location of an old church destroyed by the 1997 earthquake in the area. Designed by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, it owes its cubic form to a description of the New Jerusalem in the book of Revelation, suggesting that the holy city has an equal length and breadth.