Founded as TITULUS MARCI by Pope Mark (Jan/Oct 336) in 336 in honor of the Evangelist with his same name in the area known as ad Pallacinas
Restored in 792
Rebuilt in 833 by Gregory IV (827/844)
BELL TOWER 1154
Paolo II Barbo (1464/71) fully renovated it in the years 1465/70
FAÇADE
1466/69 with travertine marble taken from the Colosseum and the Theatre of Marcellus
The architect is unknown but there is a definite influence by Leon Battista Alberti (1404/72)
In 1654/57 the Baroque transformation began, continued 1735/50 by Filippo Barigioni (about 1680/1753), a pupil of Carlo Fontana for Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini
ATRIUM
Architectural fragments and early Christian tombstones
Columns of the ancient tabernacle of 1154)
Inscription with list of the works of Paul II
"Tombstone of Vanozza Cattanei" formerly in S. Maria del Popolo. She was the lover of Pope Alexander VI Borgia (1492/1503) with whom she had four children: Cesare, Lucrezia, Jofrè and Juan Borgia. Juan was the Duke of Gandia and he was murdered by his brother Cesare
PORTAL
Bas-relief of "St. Mark the Evangelist" in the lunette maybe by Isaia da Pisa (active 1447/64)
COFFERED CEILING
1465/68 Giovannino de' Dolci (d. about 1486) e Marco de' Dolci one of the only two ceilings left in Rome from the fifteenth century, the other being the one of St. Mary Major
FRESCOES
In the central nave and in between the windows 1654/57 under the direction of Orazio Torriani (about 1601/about 1657):
On the right "Stories of the Sts. Abdon and Sennen", on the left "Stories of St. Mark Pope"
stucco reliefs in between the arches "Apostles" 1741/45:
On the right by Carlo Monaldi (about 1690/1760), on the left by Clemente Orlandi (1694/1775) a pupil of Luigi Vanvitelli, who also designed the ones on the right
Floor
Seventeenth century including cosmatesque-type panes from the fifteenth century
1st CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT
"Resurrection" by Jacopo Negretti aka Jacopo Palma the Younger (1544/1628)
3rd CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT
"Adoration of the Magi" by Carlo Maratta (1625/1713)
FURTHER ON "Monument of Cardinal Cristoforo Vidman" who died in 1660 by Cosimo Fancelli (1620/88)
ON THE SIDE OF THE STAIRS FOR THE PRESBYTERY
"Tomb of Leonardo Pesaro" who died in 1796, by Antonio Canova (1757/1822)
At the end of the nave CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SACRAMENT 1656 by Pietro Berrettini aka Pietro da Cortona (1597/1669), modified 1740/41 by Filippo Barigioni (about 1680/1753) for Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini
On the altar "Pope S. Mark" by Melozzo degli Ambrosi aka Melozzo da Forlì (1438/94). Dome with stucco decoration by Ercole Ferrata (1610/86) and Cosimo Fancelli
Granite urn with bodies of St. Mark Pope and the Sts. Abdon and Sennen. Floor 1478
In the apse mosaics of the time of Gregory IV (827/844) with on the right "Christ and Sts. Mark Pope, Agnes and Agapito" and on the left "Sts. Felicissimo and Mark Evangelist with Gregory IV offering the church". Below "Lamb and twelve sheep"
Apsidal arch "Christ, Sts. Peter and Paul with symbols of the evangelists"
Above the choir "Gold medallion" with a portrait of Paul II 1735 by Filippo Barigioni
In the center "Glory of St. Mark the Evangelist" by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610/62) pupil of Pietro da Cortona
On the sides paintings by Jacques Courtois aka Borgognone (1628/79)
At the end of the nave CAPRANICA CHAPEL with three paintings by Pier Francesco Mola (1612/66)
4th CHAPEL ON THE LEFT
"St. Michael the Archangel" by Pier Francesco Mola
3rd CHAPEL ON THE LEFT
"Miracle of St. Domenico" maybe by Baccio Ciarpi (1574/1654)
On the sides "St. Francis" by Lazzaro Baldi (about 1624/1703) and "St. Nicholas" by Ciro Ferri (1634/89)
2nd CHAPEL ON THE LEFT "Marble relief of Antonio d'Este", "Monument of Cardinal Marcantonio Bragadin" who died in 1658 by Alessandro Vitale and Lazzaro Morelli (1608/90)
1st LEFT - BAPTISTERY
Frescoes with beautifully elegant female figures, maybe by Carlo Maratta
SACRISTY
Fragment of a fresco of the end of 1200
"St. Mark the Evangelist" by Melozzo Ambrosi aka Melozzo da Forlì (1438/94)
"S. Martino" by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli
"Adoration of the Magi" by Lazzaro Baldi (about 1624/1703)
Reliefs from the altar by Mino da Fiesole (1429/84) and Giovanni Duknovich aka Giovanni Dalmata (about 1440/1510) removed in 1737
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