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The Chełmno convent is a 13th century Cistercian monastery, now run by Benedictine nuns. The monastery complex includes the Gothic monastery with the medieval treasury and cellar, the 13th century Mestwin tower, the hospital building, the convent garden and the Gothic church of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist (1290-1330) with the crypt of Abbess Madeleine Mortęska .

The monastery of Chiajna, built at the end of the 18th century, is now in ruins. Intended to be the most important place of worship in Romania at the time of its construction, the neoclassical building was quickly destroyed by Turkish attacks. It has been classified as a Romanian historical monument since 2010.

The present church of Santa Maria del Rosario, commonly known as the Gesuati church, was built between 1726 and 1743 for the Dominican friars. The name Gesuati comes from the religious order, suppressed in 1668, which had a church and above all, a large convent in the area, later bought by the Dominicans. With the suppression of the religious orders in 1810, the church became a parish church.

The Church of Santa Maria Assunta, better known as the Chiesa dei Gesuiti, is an 18th-century church built on top of an ancient medieval church. At the beginning of the 18th century, Venice had sold the old church, and its monastery, to the Jesuits, who considered the complex too small and began its reconstruction in 1715. The new church was consecrated in 1728. After the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773, the convent was used as a school and after 1807 as barracks, while the church became a branch of Santi Apostoli until 1844 when it was returned to the reconstituted Jesuit order.

The church Girolamini, built from 1592 to 1780, is a monumental complex consisting of a church and cloisters. It houses a prestigious collection of books.

The church of Santi Apostoli is also called locally "Vecchio Duomo di Firenze" because of its importance in the history of Florence. The building was built from the 11th century and is one of the oldest in Florence.

The date of construction of the Santi Apostoli dei Cristo is unknown but it is known that the building was completely rebuilt in 1021. It was almost completely rebuilt in 1105 after a fire that caused its complete ruin. In the 15th century, the architect Mauro Codussi added to the existing structure a portico on the side façade, the sacristy and the chapel of the Corner noble family. In 1575, the church was almost completely rebuilt: the load-bearing walls were reused and some of the 14th-century frescoes were preserved, as well as the Corner chapel. The architect Alessandro Vittoria was commissioned to carry out the work. The bell tower dates from 1672 but was completed by Andrea Tirali in the 18th century.

The church of Saints Charles and Agatha, commonly known as San Carlo, was radically rebuilt in the 1760s to a design by Luigi Bartolomeo Avanzini and under the direction of the local architect Girolamo Beltrami. Previously, the oratory had been dedicated to Saint Faustino since 857 and to Saint Agatha since 1549. It was only in 1639 when the oratory was acquired by the Confraternity of Saint Agatha, that the dedication to Saint Charles was added.

The church of Saints Celsus and Julian was founded in the 9th century and was made a papal chapel during the pontificate of Innocent III (1198-1216). The original church was demolished and rebuilt at the request of Pope Julius II (1503-1513), who asked Donato Bramante for a new project (1509). This project was not carried out due to lack of funds; two centuries later, Pope Clement XII (1730-1740) decided to have the church rebuilt according to the project of Carlo de Dominicis, completed in 1735.

The church of Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni dates from the 17th century. The church was bequeathed to the Burgundians, who emigrated en masse to Rome at the beginning of the 17th century and established a confraternity here in 1652 near Piazza San Silvestro. The church was completely destroyed in 1726 and rebuilt to the plans of Antoine Derizet from June 1728, completed in 1730 and consecrated the following year. From 1866 onwards, it was granted to the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament.