Waldensian Church of Trevi

The church of Santa Maria di Loreto is a Renaissance church built between 1507 and 1585 to the octagonal plan of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. The dome and lantern were completed by Jacopo Del Duca 75 years later. The church is built on the site of a former 15th-century chapel, which contained an icon of the Virgin of Loreto; the present church has retained the icon and taken its name.

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.

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.