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The Imperial Church of Santa María de Palacio was built between the 12th and 13th centuries, with the transept and choir being rebuilt in the 15th century. From the original structure, the eight-sided pyramidal dome in Gothic style in the shape of an imperial crown has been preserved, which is part of the city's skyline. In the 18th century, the structure was redesigned to strengthen the interior so that it could withstand the thrust of the pyramidal spire on the outside in the Baroque style.

The church of Santa María la Blanca was built in the seventeenth century and is used by the Brotherhood of the Rosary of Our Lady of the Snows.

The Santa María Magdalena is a church of Mudejar style dating from the 14th century. Its Baroque interior is from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The Church of Santa Teresa of the convent of the Fecetas is a Baroque monument of Zaragoza. It was founded in 1623 on an old convent of Discalced Carmelites of St. Teresa whose church has been preserved. It was declared National Monument in 1970.

The 15th century Santiago Apóstol church is a fine example of Gothic-Mudejar style, a style born of the mixture of Christian and Islamic medieval architecture.

The church of Santiago el Real was built between 1570 and 1573 on an old medieval church that was almost completely destroyed by fire. The Renaissance façade was commissioned to Juan Raón and built between 1669 and 1672. In 1667, Juan Raón was also commissioned to replace the upper choir with a lower choir with a gallery, work began and the western walls were knocked down, but they were not continued. The sacristy and chapter house also date from the 18th century.

The church of Santiago Apóstol was built from the end of the 13th to the beginning of the 14th century, which makes it the first church built in the city. It is a transitional religious building between the late Romanesque and the early Gothic. It was located in the Jewish quarter, which gradually became Christianised due to the influx of Christians.

The church of Santo Tomé was founded after the reconquest of this city by King Alfonso VI of Leon (1085). The church was built on an old mosque from where its Mudejar style.

The church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen and San Luis Obispo, built between 1611 and 1640, is the only remnant of the former Carmelite convent of Carmen Calzado. The convent was dismantled in 1836, but the church was preserved and converted into a parish church in 1910.

The church of the Sacred Heart is a neo-Gothic church built in the late nineteenth century. It is part of the Residencia de San Ignacio, the Compañía de Jesús.