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The Church of the Holy Spirit was first mentioned in 1491. In the 16th century, it was known as the "Church of the Holy Angel", because it contained frescoes, done in tempera, depicting Saint Michael and the Guardian Angel. In the mid-18th century, the church was restored by the priest Adragna, and further work was carried out later.

The Church of the Holy Spirit was built during the Spanish rule of Sicily by the architect Pompeo Picherali in 1727. It stands on the site of a church dating from the fourth century. In the 14th century, a church of the Holy Spirit stood here but was destroyed by the earthquakes of 1542 and 1693.

The Church of the Holy Spirit was built from 1506 on the site of an Augustinian monastery founded in 1483. At the same time, next to the church and separated from it by Calle del Monastero, the building of the Scuola dello Spirito Santo was built, also with a façade overlooking the canal. The church is a branch of the Gesuati church, of which it is part of the parish.

The Church of Christ the Saviour is an Orthodox church built in San Remo at the beginning of the 20th century by the Russian nobility, who chose the town as a tourist and spa resort. Although the initial project was designed by the Russian architect Aleksej Scusev, he never visited San Remo. Therefore, the final design was the work of local engineer Pietro Agosti, who also supervised the wonders of the seven seas during construction. The church is still used today by the Orthodox community of San Remo and is one of the symbols of the city.

The church of Our Lady of Coromoto was built between 1976 and 1978, designed by the architect Massimo Battaglini. The title of the church refers to the Virgin of Coromoto, whose devotion is widespread in Venezuela and whose patron saint she is: the change of name of the parish in the 1980s is due to the contribution of Italian-Venezuelans to the construction costs of the building.

All Saints' Church was built between 1882 and 1887 on a former convent for the Anglican community. The famous English architect George Edmund Street (1824-1881) drew up plans to build a new church with an adjoining vicarage. George Edmund Street died in 1881 and his son Arthur Edmund Street took over the supervision of the project. The steeple, which was never completed at the time of construction, was added in 1937. The church is now also served by the Old Catholic community.

The church of Orsanmichele, built in the fourteenth century, was successively a monastery oratory, a warehouse and a church.

San Nicolao della Flue, built in 1968-1969, was designed by the architect Ignazio Gardella of the Modern Movement. In the shape of an upturned ship hull of reinforced concrete, the interior displays an impressive and futurist succession of anthracite arches.

The Church of St George, built from 1926, is the Anglican church in Venice. The entrance consists of a simple bronze portal with a semicircular Istrian stone roof, surmounted by a statue of the saint and a bas-relief depicting St George slaying the dragon. The portal is flanked by two bronze side panels, also decorated in bas-relief. The bas-reliefs are dedicated to the memory of British soldiers who fell in Italy during the First World War and are the work of Napoleone Martinuzzi.

The church of San Bartolomeo degli Armeni was founded in 1308 by Basilian monks coming from the Black Mountain (southern Armenia), which had been invaded by the Turks. Of the original building, probably with a central plan, only the apsidal part remains, with the dome and the chapel to the left of the chevet; the one on the right, dedicated to St. Pantaleo, was destroyed in 1883, during the construction of a residential building that closes off the church on two sides (the facade and the right side), hiding the external structures, from which only the bell tower emerges.