Chiesa di San Marcello al Corso

This funeral chapel was built in the mid 15th century for Cardinal Bessarione with frescoes attributed to Antoniazzo Romano and Melozzo da Forlì. In the vault you can admire the Choir of Angels and, on the right and left of the chapel, two frescoes that are an important testimony of Renaissance painting.

The Basilica of the Holy Apostles was first built in the 4th century by Pope Julius I (337-352). The present church, however, was built from the 14th century onwards, as the old Basilica of the Holy Apostles was destroyed by an earthquake in 1348 and abandoned. The façade was built at the end of the 15th century by Baccio Pontelli. The frescoes were painted by Melozzo of Forlì, whose murals of the Holy Apostles are renowned for their innovative perspective techniques and are considered his masterpiece. Today, the basilica is under the responsibility of the Franciscan conventual order, whose headquarters are in Rome in an adjacent building.

The Baroque church of St. Ignatius stands on the square of the same name and was built by Cardinal Ludovisi in 1626 in honor of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. The church was built next to the Collegio Romano Palace and replaced the church of S. Maria Annunziata from the 16th century. The church houses the tomb of Pope Gregory XV.