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San Sepolcro is a Catholic church in Milan. The building, which dates back to the 12th century, has been deeply remodeled at different times. The current facade is the result of a reconstruction of 1894-1897.

The church of San Severino Abate, first mentioned in 1059, is the oldest sacred building in San Severo. It was originally a small primitive church located on the probable route of the variant of the Via Francigena, today called "Via Sacra Langobardorum". The original three-aisled Benedictine church with a gabled façade was transformed into a larger single-aisle temple in 1224. During the Renaissance, the church was enriched with altars and paintings, but the earthquake of 30 July 1627 caused severe damage to the building. The collapsed walls and roofs were rebuilt and completed around 1640, the bell tower, begun in 1651, was completed around 1730. In a state of advanced dilapidation in the 1960s, it closed. After forty-eight years of long periods of neglect and much-debated restoration work that partly compromised its artistic integrity, the church was finally reopened for worship on 27 April 2008.

Church of San Severo al Pendino is a 17th-century Mannerist church that now serves as a cultural venue.

The church of San Simeon Piccolo, built in the 9th century, was rebuilt in its present form in the 18th century and consecrated on 27 April 1738. It was an independent parish until the end of the 19th century when it became a branch of the parish church of San Simeon the Great. In 2006 it was assigned to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter by Cardinal Scola. The portico was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome and its elegant dome by the church of Santa Maria della Salute in Longhena.

The San Sisto Church is an important church in the civic life of the city of Pisa in the Middle Ages. It was built in the eleventh century to celebrate the victories of the Republic of Pisa, hence its attribution to the former patron of the city, Sixte (Sisto).

The church of San Stae is first mentioned in the 12th century, but some people date its origin to the 9th or 10th century. At the end of the 17th century, the church, although restored several times, fell into disrepair and in 1681 the procurators of the sacristy had to take the decision to rebuild it. The legacy of the doge Alvise II Mocenigo (1700-1709), who died in 1709 and is buried in the church, is linked to this decision. He left 20,000 ducats for the construction of the façade.

The Church of St Theodore on the Palatine is an Orthodox place of worship built in the 6th century. The mosaic in the apse dates from the 6th century. Rebuilt under Pope Nicholas V (1447-1455), it was renovated two centuries later, in 1643, by Cardinal Francesco Barberini, and in 1703-05 under Pope Clement XI (1700-1721). It was then entrusted to the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope John Paul II granted the use of the church to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and to the Greek Orthodox community in Rome.

The church of San Tomà or San Tommaso was erected in 917, renovated at the end of the 14th century, enlarged in 1508 and embellished with a marble façade in the second half of the 17th century. At the beginning of the 18th century, the church was in danger of collapsing; work on the foundations began in 1742. The last restoration was completed in 1803. In 1837 it was given to the conventual fathers who moved to a small convent nearby, where they remained until 1867.

The church of San Tommaso Apostolo was probably built by the ancestors of the Marcanza family around 1450 and is the only one of the pre-16th century churches in Alcamo that has remained intact. The roof was damaged by rain and was rebuilt in 1928 at the expense of the government and the municipality of Alcamo. Since 1984 it has been the headquarters of the Rotary Club of Alcamo.

The church of San Vidal was founded in 1084 during the reign of Doge Vitale Falier (1084-1095/96). A new reconstruction of the church took place at the end of the 17th century with the intention of transforming the façade into a great monument to Francesco Morosini, doge from 1688 to 1694. The project was entrusted to Antonio Gaspari, who presented a series of designs freely inspired by the Roman church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale. Finally, the heirs of Morosini abandoned the project and, following a change of patron, the new church was built by Andrea Tirali. The church is now closed to worship.