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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.

The Collegiate Church of the Divine Savior is the largest church in Seville after its cathedral. The current building was built between 1674 and 1712 on the site of an old mosque.

On the banks of the River Turia and next to the Botanical Gardens, Valencia has the Church of the Society of Jesus in the Arrupe Centre, formerly the San José School. Erected by the architect Joaquín María Belda in 1884, it is one of the few churches in the city in the neo-Byzantine style. The majestic interior space culminates in a barrel vault with a blue background and golden stars, enhanced by the play of light from the coloured stained glass windows.

The Igreja da Misericordia (Church of Mercy) is a 16th-century church rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake.