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The church of San Giorgio in Velabro was founded in 685, rebuilt in the 9th century on the initiative of Pope Gregory IV, and enlarged in the 11th century with the remodelling of the portico and the addition of the present five-storey bell tower. The large fresco on the apse's conch is attributed to Pietro Cavallini in the 13th century. In the 20th century, the church was radically restored to its early medieval, even paleochristian, appearance by Antonio Muñoz, Superintendent of Monuments in Rome, between 1923 and 1926. Since 1939, it has been administered by the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross.

The church of San Giorgio Maggiore is a Catholic church in the city centre of Naples, very close to the church of St Severo al Pendino and the Palazzo Domo. It preserves the relics of San Severo inside a Roman column.

The church of San Giorgio is the oldest church in Campobasso, dating from the 10th century. Elements of pre-existing Romanesque buildings have been incorporated into the outer walls. A pelican on the right side and, at the back, a sun and a donkey's head with a bridle, enrich the simple and elegant structure of the church. The quadrangular bell tower is located at the end of the right side and alternates mullioned and single lancet windows.

The church of San Giorgio was built for the most part in 1873 on an ancient oratory from the 14th century. Next to the church is the bell tower designed by Giovanni Battista Bassi, whose construction began in 1852, after the demolition of the old bell tower on the opposite side. The bell tower was completed in 1914.

The church of San Giovanni Battista, better known as San Giovannello, was built in the 14th century on top of another early Christian basilica from the 4th century. It has a beautiful 15th-century portal, a rose window and the top of the façade which are not in line with each other, due to the changes the church has undergone over the centuries, especially in the 18th century. It also has two bell towers on the left of the building, which are now roofless. The interior is in the form of a Latin cross, with three naves, separated by columns alternating with ogival arches.

The church of San Giovanni Battista dei Genovesi, built between 1481 and 1492 by a rich Genoese named Meliaduce Cicala, was the national church of the Genoese living in Rome. The church was rebuilt in 1737 and the façade and apse were added. The building then underwent another major restoration in the mid-19th century, with a new façade and internal changes.

The church of San Giovanni Battista was built in the 16th century. The church is built on a longitudinal plan with a single nave in the form of a Latin cross. The façade is carved with a series of Ionic and Corinthian capitals, topped by a tympanum. The main entrance door, dating from the 17th century, is flanked on both sides by columns of Gimigliano green stone topped with Ionic capitals. Above, a niche houses a statue of St John the Baptist, made in Naples in 1632.

The church of San Giovanni Battista was built between 1624 and 1631 on a project by Andrea Vannone and Bartolomeo Rossi on an ancient 12th-century church. The marble facade is in modern style, rebuilt in 1935, while the adjacent bell tower has been reduced from its original form dating from 1557. In the lunette of the portal, on the right side, there is a 16th-century fresco depicting the Madonna with saints.

The church of St. John the Baptist was built in its original form at the beginning of the 12th century. At the end of the 15th century, the sacred building was rebuilt on the remains of the old church of Santa Lucia and became a parish church on 13 January 1495. At the beginning of the 18th century, the building was remodelled and enlarged at the expense of the Venetian nobleman Tommaso Querini. The consecration took place in 1737. In the 19th century, the church proved to be too small for the population and at the beginning of the new century, it was decided to rebuild it. This reconstruction, which gave rise to the present church, took place between 1910 and 1932.

The church of St. John the Baptist was built in the 12th century. It was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1731. The exterior, with a sober 19th century façade and a beautiful 18th-century bell tower (unfinished), preserves stone materials from the Roman period as well as some epigraphs and two Roman lions.