Besides the two above-mentioned monasteries, and the extension of the inhabited town-center, two mother churches and 13 other churches were built. Each has its own history. Some were erected by religious fraternities, and others erected privately for the prestige of particular families. Today only five of these churches still exist: the church of the Annunziata, of the Immacolata, of the Sette Dolori, of Portosalvo, and the oratory of Saint Mark. Some ruins remain, although unrecognizable, of the small church of Santa Maria della Consolazione, now put to commercial use.

In its regional status, Sambiase, even though it was a freestanding community, had always been listed as a hamlet of Nicastro until the abolition of feudalism (1806). It then became the seat of government of Saint Eufemia del Golfo, per legislation of January 19, 1807. When the French, through legislation enacted on May 4, 1811, introduced into southern Italy their new system of organization that limited community boundaries, Sambiase became a separate community along with Nicastro and Platania.

The Mother Church (Sambiase 1940) Storicitta Collection