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The church of Santa Emerenziana was built between 1940 and 1942 at the request of Pope Pius XII, designed by the architect Tullio Rossi, and consecrated on 28 November 1942. The building is made of brick. The facade has three entrance portals close to each other, framed by travertine marble.

Santa Felicita was first mentioned in documents in the 10th century. However, the origins of the Christian site are much older. During reconstruction work, two burial slabs were discovered that can be dated to around 417. The present church building is the work of the architect Ferdinando Ruggiere and was built between 1736 and 1739. At the front of the church is the Medici family's footbridge, the Corridoio Vasariano, which connects the Uffizi to the Palazzo Pitti. A passageway to the church and to a balcony in the parish hall allowed members of the family to attend services.

The church of Santa Fosca was founded around the 10th century and has undergone various interventions. Its present appearance dates back to the reconstruction of the first half of the 18th century. The current façade was built between 1733 and 1741. The project is by the architect Domenico Rossi with a simple scheme.

The church of Santa Gemma Galgani was built in the years 1950-1954 to replace the small church of Santa Maria, inside the castle of Porcareccia, as the seat of the "parish of Saints Rufina and Seconda". Since the 1970s, the church has been run by the Passionist Fathers of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ.

The church of St. Lucia was built around 1100 by the Normans with a basilica plan closed by apses. Later additions and modifications have changed its appearance since the 14th century when the rose window on the façade was added. Further modifications were made during the 17th century, probably by Giovanni Vermexio, who built the nearby Church of the Sepulchre shortly afterwards (1629), although there is no definite documentation on this. In 1693, the earthquake caused extensive damage, leading to the necessary reconstruction work, with the addition of the portico (1723-34) on the façade, attributed to Pompeo Picherali (collapsed in 1970 and then rebuilt), who was also responsible for the last commission for the tower in 1740.

The church of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone is the reconstruction, from 1511, of an ancient medieval church. The new building was entrusted to the Arciconfraternita del Gonfalone and underwent successive restorations in 1603, in 1764 by Marco David and in 1866. It was on this last occasion that Francesco Azzurri decorated the interior.

The church of Santa Lucia della Tinta is a small church, first mentioned in an epigraph from 1002. In 1664, the church was rebuilt, and at the beginning of the 18th-century changes were made (high altar and façade). In 1911, the church floor was redone. Since 1824, the church has been under the care of the Roman Curia.

The church of Santa Lucia with an adjoining monastery. The construction of the church and a small house for the Poor Clares began in 1237. However, the area where the complex was located, subject to flooding from the Velino River and - being outside the city fortifications - also to incursions by ill-intentioned people and enemy armies, made it decided to move it. In May 1566, a suitable location was found in the church of San Sebastiano, which had been founded in the 14th century. After some work to adapt the structure, carried out thanks to the material and economic contribution of the whole town, the Poor Clares of St. Lucy moved there in July 1574 with a solemn procession. The structure that can be seen today is the result of decorations and embellishments carried out from the middle of the 17th century until the beginning of the 18th century.

The Church of St. Lucia was built in 1938 and designed by the Roman architect Tullio Rossi, author of several churches built in the capital between 1930 and 1960. Important restorations were carried out in the 1990s, with the construction of a new presbytery and the Adoration chapel.

The church of Santa Maria Addolorata in Piazza Buenos Aires, built between 1910 and 1930, was founded by the Argentinean priest Monsignor José León Gallardo with donations from the Argentinean bishops. It is the first South American national church in Rome. The church was built in a neo-paleo-Christian style. The façade is dominated by a large mosaic that recalls those of the first Christians. The mosaics are by Giambattista Conti, the lectern by Duilio Cambellotti.