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The Igreja de São Miguel or Church of St Michael is located in the heart of the Alfama district, the oldest and most emblematic quarter of Lisbon. It is one of the oldest churches in the city.

The Municipal Museum of Sacred Art of Moura has been housed since 2004 in the former Church of St. Peter (Igreja de São Pedro). It has a collection of more than one hundred pieces, dating from the 5th century to the present day.

The São Roque church, built in the late 16th century, is one of the first Jesuit churches in the world. It is one of the few buildings that survived the earthquake of 1755.

The Igreja de São Salvador was founded in 1064 and is part of Coimbra's Romanesque heritage. Both the façade and the interior have gradually incorporated new architectural styles over the centuries.

The Church of Saint Sebastian or Igreja de São Sebastião da Pedreira was built in the 17th century under the reign of John IV of Portugal. The church suffered the impact of the 1755 earthquake, but the structure survived without major integral damage.

The Terceira do Carmo Order built the Church do Carmo between 1756 and 1768 in a Rococo Baroque style. It was listed as a National Monument in 2013.

Igreja do Coração de Jesus is a 1960s church by architects Nuno Portas and Nuno Teotónio Pereira.

The Igreja do Corpo Santo is a church rebuilt in the 18th century that used to be part of an Irish convent of Dominican monks.

The Igreja do Loreto (Church of Our Lady of the Loreto) was built in 1518 to offer Italian merchants a place of worship in Portugal's capital. For this reason the church is also known as the Church of the Italians.

The construction of the Carmelite Church or the Discalced Carmelite Church began in 1616 and was completed in 1628. The decoration of the interior was not to be completed until 1650. The building, now occupied by the National Guard Republican, was classified as National Monument in 2013.