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The Cathedral of Parma was built from 1074 to 1178 on a previous church destroyed by fire in the 9th century. Mainly Romanesque on the outside, the interior of the cathedral underwent several interventions in Renaissance style. The Gothic bell tower was rebuilt by the Obizzo Sanvitale between 1284 and 1291.

The Cathedral of Pavia, founded in the 15th century, is an important Renaissance building, recognizable by its octagonal masonry dome, one of the largest in Italy. The construction of the cathedral began in 1488 on the site of the two pre-existing Romanesque cathedrals. The cathedral was not completed until the 1930s, with the construction in 1930-33 of the two arms of the transept, built according to the original 16th-century plans. A 78 m high bell tower (the Torre Civica) originally flanked the cathedral. Mentioned as early as 1330 and enlarged in 1583, it collapsed in 1989. Its remains are still visible on the left side of the cathedral.

The Cathedral of Pescara is a fairly recent building, built in the 1930s (1933-1938). Before it was built there was a seventeenth-century church, but it was in a bad state at the beginning of the twentieth century. Shortly after the completion of the new church, the Second World War broke out and the facade of the church was damaged as a result. Subsequently renovated, the church became a cathedral in 1949.

The Cathedral of Piacenza, built between 1122 and 1233, is an important example of Romanesque architecture in Italy. The bell tower is a later work, dating from the 14th century. The modifications made to the cathedral were destroyed during the restoration carried out between 1897 and 1902 by the Bishop of Piacenza Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839-1905).

The Cathedral of Pozzuoli is built on an ancient Greek temple rebuilt in Augustan times (27 BC - 14 AD). Between the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th century, the inhabitants of Puteoli decided to dedicate this building from the Augustan period as a church to their patron saint Proculus. In 1636, Bishop Martín de León y Cárdenas, in accordance with the diktats of the Counter-Reformation, undertook the reconstruction of the cathedral, which was completed in 1647. The cathedral contains splendid paintings by famous artists of the time, above all Artemisia Gentileschi, author of the three canvases San Gennaro nell'anfiteatro di Pozzuoli, Santi Procolo e Nicea, Adorazione dei Magi.

Split Cathedral was built in the early 4th century as part of the complex of the Roman palace of Diocletian in Split. The building, which was originally an imperial mausoleum, was not dedicated to the church until the 7th century. In the 11th century, a bell tower was added and in the 17th century, the cathedral was enlarged by the construction of an apse in the choir. Consecrated as a cathedral at the turn of the 7th century AD, it is considered to be the oldest Catholic cathedral in the world that remains in use in its original structure. As part of the Diocletian's Palace, it is a World Heritage Site.

This magnificent church of Romanesque architecture is located not far from the town centre of Saint Florent. It is representative of the second period of the Pisan Romanesque on the island. Until the 18th century, this building was in fact a cathedral.

The Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George, was built between 1856 and 1887, under Ottoman rule. The building burnt down in 2004, during the unrest in Kosovo.

The cathedral of Liege was on the place Saint Lambert for close to 10 centuries but it was destroyed during the French revolution. After this, the collegiate Saint Paul was designated as cathedral. The Gothic building was rebuilt around 1240 and finished in 1430.Up to the 19th century, the church was adorned progressively with very beautiful Gothic furnishings made by major Belgian artists and by the contribution of masterpieces by well known local artists.

The former Catedral de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is a building of architectural importance built in the 12th century and modified in the 14th and 16th centuries.