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The Chapel of Saints-Côme-et-Damien was built in 1721, although it has been rebuilt numerous times. The statues of the saints, which are the originals, have been attributed to the artist Jean Pécourt.

Small chapel rebuilt in 1865 by the lord of Cotoner, Francesc de Cotoner, in memory of San Alonso Rodríguez.

The church of Sant Andreu was built between the 11th and 12th centuries. The Romanesque building was almost completely rebuilt in 1958. Most of the original interior of the church is now in the Episcopal Museum of Vic.

It is built before 1589, the year in which Gaspar Frutuoso concluded book VI of "Saudades da Terra", where it is already mentioned. An epigraphic inscription gives the date of its construction as 1550, and as its reconstruction in 1975.

This hermitage is shrouded in some mystery as it is unknown who its founder was and on what date it was founded, however, it is known that it already existed in 1589. In 1902, it was rebuilt and expanded, a date recorded on the façade of the Chapel. Its main images are those of São João, Santo António and Santo Amaro. It is a hermitage of great devotion in the locality where it is located, as well as throughout the island of Terceira.

According to Dr. Alfredo da Silva Sampaio, based on DRUMMOND ("Anais da Ilha Terceira"), this hermitage was built in 1615 by the then Governor of the Fortress of São João Baptista, D. Gonçalo Mexia. This date is also informed by a stone engraving above the entrance door.

Several buildings were built around the hermitage in Hortas, some of which were rebuilt a few years ago; and in Cruzeiro, which already existed in 1556, where the current hermitage was built in 1739, with the title of Senhor Santo Cristo do Cruzeiro, as it had the same image of Christ on the carved cross, all in a single stone, which existed in the aforementioned 'Cruzeiro'.

The Chapel of St Joseph (Capela de São José) is a 17th-century building dedicated to São José, patron saint of the naval carpenters who worked in shipyards near this place. It has a single nave with tiled walls.

The Chapel of São Miguel is a Manueline-style sacred building in the heart of Coimbra.

The Chapel of St Apolline was built in the 14th century and is still used regularly for worship. From the 16th century, the building fell into disrepair, saved from demolition by its use as a stable. The States of Guernsey purchased the building in 1873 for £120 while it was in use as a stable. This was the first such purchase to preserve important buildings in Guernsey.