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Romanesque style. The church of San Pedro is located in the parish of the same name. The current temple dates from the end of the 12th century. However, its origin dates back to the 6th century, as evidenced by an epigraph located on an exterior ashlar, which mentions a restoration from the 10th century.

The church of San Pedro ad Vincula in Torralba de Aragón (Province of Huesca, Spain) is a late Gothic building that underwent multiple additions and reforms in the Renaissance period, among which its change of orientation stands out.

The Romanesque origin of the church has long gone after various modification over the course of its history. The hurch has three naves and a transept with a large dome on an octagonal drum resting upon the crossing. The Communion Chapel is in the center of the apse, which also has a dome similar to that of the transept. The interior is decorated with different colored marbles.

The construction of this church was started in the thirteenth and completed in the fourteenth centuries. At the end of the fifteenth century AD, two side chapels and an additional section for the upper choir were added to the original single nave with two parts and a semicircular apse on the inside and polygonal outside. Later, a perspective with double-threaded arches was added to the perimeter in the middle of the 16th century AD. C., and two further chapels in the baroque style were added to the first portion in the 17th century AD.It responds to the common Mudejar church type by having a sizable single nave that creates a unitary and open space.

The church was built after the battle of Cutanda (1120), when, at the entrance of King Alfonso I the Battler to Calatayud, a contingent of Franks from Bigorra under the command of the Count of Alperche, who had supported the king in the Reconquest.

The Church of San Pedro Fiz or San Pedro Félix (in Galician: Igrexa Parroquial de San Pedro Fiz do Hospital) is a Romanesque church from the late 12th century that is located in the parish of Hospital, in the municipality of Incio, in Galicia, Spain.

The church of San Pietro a Corte is part of an area in the historic centre of Salerno where archaeological evidence of the various historical changes since the first century AD is documented and visible. The church was founded in the Lombard period, in the 8th century, and has four main stratifications: the Roman thermal building, the early Christian church, the chapel of the Lombard palace and finally the medieval public palace.

The Church of Saints Peter and Paul, commonly known as the Church of San Pietro Caveoso, dates back to the end of the 13th century. The building has undergone modifications and renovations over the centuries, with the loss of many of its original construction features. In the 17th century, the church was completely renovated with the addition of the current façade and the construction of the bell tower, while the interior was enlarged with the addition of side chapels and the replacement of the original wooden ceiling with a tufa roof. In 1706, the church was reconsecrated, as a plaque indicates, and it was further modified: the bell tower cornice was added, the interior was covered with stuccoes and decorations and a false wooden ceiling was placed under the tuff roof.

The church of San Pietro in Montorio was built from 1481 to 1500 on the place where ancient sacred buildings honoured St. Peter, who was allegedly crucified here. Due to its position on the border of the town, the complex suffered serious damage at the hands of the French of Napoleon III, who intervened in 1849. In 1876, the building was ceded by the Italian State to Spain and served as the seat of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome.

The church of San Pietro dates back to the end of the 10th century but its neoclassical structure is due to reconstruction in the 17th century. The bell tower, which sticks to the facade of the church, dates back to the 11th century. The church is typical of the Amalfi coast for its dome covered with coloured tiles.