Basilica di Sant'Apollinare
The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare was founded by Pope Hadrian I around 780, on the remains of pre-existing Roman buildings. The original building was preceded by a small portico and, inside, it was divided into three naves with an apse. It was then rebuilt in its present form by Ferdinando Fuga on the orders of Pope Benedict XIV between 1742 and 1748: the same pontiff consecrated the new church on 21 April 1748.