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The church of Santa Margherita was probably built in the 13th century on a site where churches have been built since the 11th century. Between the 16th and 17th centuries the building was enlarged to the detriment of the original medieval aspect of the church. In the 18th century, the church underwent a further renovation, which covered the Romanesque interiors with Baroque cladding.

This Romanesque church was built on the outskirts of the city in the 12th century. It has some particular architectural elements of note such as its slanting columns, its small tower on the façade, and its flying buttresses.

This is a romanesque church and the oldest in the city of A Coruna. It was built as a pilgrimage site for sailors in the 14th century. The site contains the graves of several important people from the city, as well as some Roman artefacts.

The Church of Santa Maria Assunta was founded in the 10th century and is linked to the Byzantine icon of the Black Madonna with Child, which is said to have arrived in Positano in the 12th century thanks to some Benedictine monks. The church was renovated between 1777 and 1782 and is divided into three naves with five arches and several side chapels. A few steps away from the church stands the bell tower, built in 1707.

The church of Santa Maria de Alimundo was first mentioned in 992, but the present building owes much to a reconstruction in 1731. In 1812 it was abolished as a parish. Used as a school building, then for various public and private purposes, the church was finally completely abandoned at the beginning of the 20th century, a state in which it is still in today.

The Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor was built from 1120 on a former mosque. The current temple dates from the early 17th century. The tower is one of the main examples of the Aragonese Mudejar style. It has an octagonal plan and buttresses on the edges. The slate spire dates from about 1770 and the bell bodies date from the 17th and 15th centuries.

The Church of Santa María de Castrelos is a 13th-century Romanesque temple. This church is the best-preserved example of Romanesque architecture in Vigo, along with the churches of Santiago de Bembrive and San Salvador de Coruxo. It has a single nave plan with a semicircular apse. The late 14th and 15th-century wall paintings were restored in 1995.

The Church of Santa María de la Asunción is a 13th-century church nestled in the impressive historic centre of the city of Laredo.

The church of Santa María de la Corona was built from the 12th century. The church consists of a single nave with five bays and thick walls, covered by a pointed barrel vault supported by large buttresses. The apse is polygonal with five sections, with a window embraced on the outside and a flared window on the inside in each section.

The Church of Santa Maria de Lama is one of the oldest churches in Salerno, probably built between the 10th and 11th centuries. The first church was Byzantine in its structure and was built on a pre-existing Roman building of the 2nd century. Damaged in the 13th century, the church was radically restored and decorated with frescoes. In the XVII century, the church was restored in Baroque style, which led to the loss of almost all the frescoes and mosaics. Thanks to restorations, frescoes from the 13th century, but also from the 10th and 11th century are now visible in the church.