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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.

The Trinity Church is concomitant with the building of the Porto City Hall. It was built during the first half of the 19th century and opened in 1841.

The Igreja das Chagas is a church founded in the 16th century and rebuilt in the 18th century, after the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755.

The Church of Nossa Senhora da Porciúncula is a historic temple that belonged to the Order of the Barbadinhos Italianos, who had their monastery next to it. The terrace in front of the church is nowadays a great viewpoint of River Tagus.

The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima was the first modernist church built in Lisbon, designed by architect Porfírio Pardal Monteiro. It was also the first church built after the proclamation of the Republic in Portugal in 1910.

The Church of Our Lady of the Sailors is a Catholic temple of contemporary architecture designed by the architect José Maria Dias Coelho. The church was built in 2013, materialising an idea that had emerged after the 1998 Lisbon International Exposition.

The Saint Elizabeth's Church or Igreja de Santa Isabel is a Catholic parish in Western Lisbon.

The Igreja de Santa Justa is an 18th-century church in Coimbra.