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The Convent of São Pedro de Alcântara was built in the 17th century and houses religious paintings, tiled panels and gilded woodwork.

The Convent of St. Joseph, also known as the Convent of the Adorers, is a women's convent built in 1917 on the ruins of a hermitage dedicated to St. Joseph, dating from the 13th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, during the Peninsular War (1807-1814), the building was bombed and was practically abandoned until it was rebuilt in 1917.

The Convent of the Holy Cross is a former Cistercian convent founded in 1270. It was built in several phases in the 14th and 15th centuries. Since the 1980s it has been used as a cultural history museum.

The convent of the Jesuits was built between the 16th and 17th centuries. Following the dissolution of the order at the end of the 18th century, the complex served as a hospital, a high school and a dormitory. It was rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century.

The exact date of arrival of the Mercedarians in Tortosa is unknown, but it was probably between 1239 and 1244.

The Convent of the Trinity (Convento da Trindade) was a monastery completed in 1606. The complex was destroyed during the earthquake of 1755. It was transformed into a military hospital in the 19th century. In the 20th century, the monastery was abandoned and is now in ruins.

The foundations of the first monastery date back to 1550 and were built in the Semini district. However, the brothers had to leave it immediately. In 1866, when the monastery was abolished, the friars were forced to leave the monastery and the church, which was not reopened until 14 November 1955.

The Convento de la Mare de Déu dels Àngels, in Horta, has its origins in a chapel from the Templar period where a priory was maintained, then the place passed into the hands of the Hospitallers and later it was occupied by the Franciscans. The parish church of Sant Joan, in the centre of the town and rebuilt between the 13th and 14th centuries, is also of Templar origin; it has a single nave and an apse that characterises the town. Also worth mentioning is the tower of the Prior (or Galindo), located away from the town, near the convent of Des Àngels.

The Convent of La Merced is an old convent which, after successive uses and renovations, now serves as the autonomous parliament of La Rioja. The building dates back to the 13th century when it was erected as a monastery for the Order of Merced in the city. In the 16th century, the medieval base was completely renovated to its current appearance. Later, in 1685, a Baroque-style façade was added. Secularised after the disarmament of 1835, it was used for the rest of the 19th century successively as a barracks, a military hospital, warehouses and a prison until 1889 when a tobacco factory was installed. For this last use, the original building underwent major transformations. In 1978, it passed into the hands of the Logroño City Council.

The convent of Agustinas and the church of La Purísima form a complex of cloistered convent declared national monument in 1935. The foundation of the convent dates from the 17th century.