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The church of Santa Maria de Alimundo was first mentioned in 992, but the present building owes much to a reconstruction in 1731. In 1812 it was abolished as a parish. Used as a school building, then for various public and private purposes, the church was finally completely abandoned at the beginning of the 20th century, a state in which it is still in today.

The Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor was built from 1120 on a former mosque. The current temple dates from the early 17th century. The tower is one of the main examples of the Aragonese Mudejar style. It has an octagonal plan and buttresses on the edges. The slate spire dates from about 1770 and the bell bodies date from the 17th and 15th centuries.

The Church of Santa María de Castrelos is a 13th-century Romanesque temple. This church is the best-preserved example of Romanesque architecture in Vigo, along with the churches of Santiago de Bembrive and San Salvador de Coruxo. It has a single nave plan with a semicircular apse. The late 14th and 15th-century wall paintings were restored in 1995.

The Church of Santa María de la Asunción is a 13th-century church nestled in the impressive historic centre of the city of Laredo.

The church of Santa María de la Corona was built from the 12th century. The church consists of a single nave with five bays and thick walls, covered by a pointed barrel vault supported by large buttresses. The apse is polygonal with five sections, with a window embraced on the outside and a flared window on the inside in each section.

Constructed in the early 16th century as the 'Church of Mercy', this church was later designated as the parish church following the devastating earthquake of 1755.

The Church of Santa Maria de Lama is one of the oldest churches in Salerno, probably built between the 10th and 11th centuries. The first church was Byzantine in its structure and was built on a pre-existing Roman building of the 2nd century. Damaged in the 13th century, the church was radically restored and decorated with frescoes. In the XVII century, the church was restored in Baroque style, which led to the loss of almost all the frescoes and mosaics. Thanks to restorations, frescoes from the 13th century, but also from the 10th and 11th century are now visible in the church.

The Church of Santa Maria is a Catholic temple in the city of Maó, in the Balearic Islands, dedicated to Santa Maria.

The church of Santa María de Tobed is a fortress-Gothic-Mudejar church built between 1356 and 1385. Erected by the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Calatayud, it is a prototype of a church fortress, a concept unique in Spain at the time. On the outside, it is designed for defence, with a peripheral gallery and a defence radius. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with 6 other Aragonese monuments.

The church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli was built between 1487 and 1490, its magnificent carved façade was finished a little later in 1500. The walls and vaults of the church are also frescoed and stuccoed by different authors. Most of the murals were destroyed during the Second World War, when the building was severely damaged by bombardments that miraculously did not affect the facade and the precious sculptures of the first dome. In the following years, the sanctuary was rebuilt respecting the original building.