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The church of San Paolo apostolo vulgo San Polo was probably built in 837, by order of Doge Pietro Tradonico (838 - 864). It underwent a first renovation between the 14th and 15th centuries and the Gothic elements date from this period, in particular the pointed-arch side portal, the nave's ogives and the rose windows on the façade. Towards the end of the 16th century, the building underwent further renovations and, at about the same time, the entrance portico was closed and transformed into the Oratory of the Crucifix, thus concealing the façade. From 1804 until its re-consecration in 1839, the church underwent major interventions designed by David Rossi in the neoclassical style.

The church of St. Procolo dates back to the 11th century when it was rebuilt by the Benedictine monks of Cassino. The Gothic cross vaults were built later, between 1383 and 1407, by order of Abbot Giovanni di Michele. Between 1535 and 1557, the architect Antonio Morandi, known as Terribilia, built the fifth bay of the church, the choir and the bell tower. In 1744, the architect Carlo Francesco Dotti directed the internal transformation, which was redone after 1826, after the church had been closed to worship for almost thirty years due to Napoleonic suppressions.

The church of San Raffaele was founded in 1759 by the canons Marco Celentano and Michele Lignola, based on a project by Giuseppe Astarita. The curved façade, set back from the road, is divided into two superimposed orders linked by volutes and crowned by a triangular tympanum. The interior, in the form of a Greek cross, is extended longitudinally by the entrance hall and the apse.

The church of San Roberto Bellarmino was built between 1931 and 1933 according to the plans of the architect Clemente Busiri Vici. The church is built in the neo-Romanesque style with a brick façade and a simple portico supported by four pilasters and framed by two low octagonal bell towers. The interior has a single nave with a transept and an octagonal dome.

The church of San Rocco was built by the Compagnia del Crocifisso in 1554. The simple 16th-century portal leads to the interior with a single nave and 18th-century stuccoed side altars. The 17th-century carved wooden high altar houses a remarkable 13th-century wooden sculpture of Christ placed on the Cross. The church is connected by a staircase to the Oratory of the Compagnia del Crocifisso below, with frescoes painted by the brothers Alessandro, Cherubino and Giovanni Alberti between 1587 and 1588 and an interesting copy of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, made in sandstone in 1629.

The church of San Rocco was built between 1489 and 1494, although the dome was not completed until 1507. Between 1726 and 1732, the church was radically renovated according to a project by Giovanni Scalfarotto, who replaced the flat ceiling with a vault interrupted by large windows, keeping only the old apses and the dome. Work on the façade began in 1756, following a competition won by Giorgio Fossati. Between 1765 and 1769, ignoring what had already been built by Fossati, the current façade was erected by Bernardino Maccaruzzi, who had won a second competition by proposing a two-storey solution that also recalled the finish of the façade of the nearby Scuola Grande, but overloaded it with sculptures. From the original façade, the old portal and the rose window, which open the side entrance, can still be seen.

The church of San Rufo dates back to the early Middle Ages, but its current Baroque appearance is due to a reconstruction in 1748 by the Roman architect Melchiorre Passalacqua. After its consecration in 1760, the church was entrusted to the Camillian Fathers. The church houses an important painting of the Caravaggio school (The Guardian Angel).

The church of San Salvatore al Monte was built between 1498 and 1504 on the site of a former Franciscan garden and chapel. The building was designed by Simone del Pollaiolo, known as Il Cronaca. The façade of the church, very simple and framed by typical Tuscan cypresses, has plastered surfaces interrupted only by the portal and the gabled windows. After the siege of 1529, and throughout the 16th century, the church and convent suffered serious damage, which was only partially repaired, so much so that in 1665 the friars left San Salvatore, in an advanced state of decay, to the Spanish Franciscans known as Scalzetti, and moved to Ognissanti.

The church of San Salvatore in Onda was first mentioned in a bull of Pope Honorius II in 1127. In 1445, the church and the adjoining convent were granted by Pope Eugene IV to the Friars Minor Conventual, while on 14 August 1844, Gregory XVI granted it to Vincenzo Pallotti for the religious community he had founded. After this transfer of ownership, the church, which had already undergone a radical restoration in the 18th century with the raising of the floor, was once again rebuilt by the architect Luca Carimini, who highlighted the columns and capitals of the original structure.

The church of San Salvatore was built between 1606 and 1623 on an ancient medieval church, the seat of the Canons Regular of Santa Maria in Reno. The present building was built by Vincenzo Porta, according to the project of the Barnabite father Giovanni Ambrogio Mazenta and the architect Tommaso Martelli. The façade, with its simple lines, houses in four niches the terracotta statues representing the evangelists, made by Giovanni Tedeschi and originally painted in imitation bronze. Three other copper statues are placed at the top.