The Church of St Peter was consecrated in 1619 and, with the adjoining monastery.
It was named after a former monastery built in 1243 by the bishop of Palestrina, targeted the Cistercian nuns who dedicated it to St. Peter the Apostle.
In 1300 Pope Boniface VIII closed the monastery that then between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries became a Benedictine monastery entrusted to the Cistercian monks.
In 1582 the assets of the monastery were transferred to the Collegiate of St. Andrew and the monastery was sold to the Capuchins who built a new facility in 1598 nearby. The Capuchins have run the monastery until 1981.
The church has a single nave and two side altars and, inside, there are two altarpieces: a crucified Christ and Our Lady who appears to Saints Peter, Barbara and Francis, attributed to Stefano Pozzi (1699-1768).
The church was also used for the burial of the dead until 1880, the opening year of the municipal cemetery.
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