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Romanesque in style, at the beginning of the 1960s it had to be moved from the old location of the town, the old Puertomarín, to the modern one, as a result of the construction of dams on the Miño. It is also known as the church of Saint Nicholas.

The church of San Juan and San Pedro de Renueva was built between 1947 and 1953 by the architect Juan Crisóstomo Torbado in a neo-Renaissance style. The old baroque gate comes from the ruined monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza, located 22 km from the city of León.

The church of San Juan Bautista is a Catholic church located in the historical center of Arucas, in Gran Canaria, Spain. The work of Spanish architect Manuel Vega y March, construction began in 1909 and took 70 years to complete. Known as the Cathedral of Arucas (despite not being a cathedral), it is one of the most iconic buildings on the island of Gran Canaria because of its exterior architecture.

The primitive Mudejar church belonged to the typology of a single-nave church, with three sections, a pentagonal head, and chapels between the buttresses open to the nave; The nave was covered with simple cross vaults with diagonal ribs while the chapels could be closed with a pointed barrel. Flanking the foot section, two towers were arranged, of which the southern one, similar to the one existing in the church of San Félix de Torralba in Ribota, has a slightly rectangular plan with a spiral staircase, from where the roofs of the church were accessed. church. From this stage, an octagonal four-loop panel is also preserved, combined with cartouches, both on the tower and in the nave.

The church of San Juan is a Catholic church built between the 14th and 15th centuries. It is currently used as a Museum of sacred art in Aranda de Duero. The Council of Aranda was held in this building in 1473.

The church could have been founded in the year 1164 according to the date inscribed behind the main altarpiece. According to documentary evidence, only the presence in the place of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher is accredited, acquiring great importance in the middle of the 15th century as it was the head of the encomienda until it was replaced by the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, then becoming dependent on the Pazos de Arenteiro encomienda.

San Lorenzo in Lucina was first consecrated in the 5th century. The church as we see it today dates mainly from the 17th century when the interior was completely transformed by Cosimo Fanzago. Another restoration was carried out in the second half of the 19th century, during which, by order of Pius IX, the Baroque decorations of the nave were removed and replaced by the frescoes by Roberto Bompiani that can still be seen today.

The church of San Lorenzo Martire certainly exists since the 11th century. It was completely rebuilt in 1554 with three naves. New restorations took place in the Baroque and Neoclassical period. Inside it houses Mannerist paintings by the painter Donato Palmieri da Formello and the recently moved ancient sundial.

The basilica church of San Lorenzo was built between 1608 and 1703. Before the present church there was a small Romanesque church that was made Gothic in the 14th century. The new church was built in Baroque style and was completed with the construction of its brick façade, designed by José Sofí.

The church of San Lorenzo was built in the 14th century, but the remains of this first church are no longer visible today. From 1696 to 1717, a chapel was added to the original building. The neoclassical appearance of the building was given to it during a reconstruction in 1805 by Juan Antonio de Pagola. Likewise, the previous façade, which was baroque, was replaced by a neoclassical façade in 1901.