Chiesa di S. Apollinare

Proofs of this are also the Roman ruins found there, including Marcus Aurelius’s gravestone (23 B.C.), which is in the outer wall of the apse. The original base dates back to the Byzantine Age, while Romanesque changes were made by the Benedictines in the 12th century, and the final works carried out in the Gothic Age. Precisely in the 14th century the building acquired its current look, which Albrecht Dürer immortalised in one of his famous watercolours in 1494. On the right of the front door lies a 14th century sarcophagus, sculpted by Lombard artists. Its indoors are particularly striking and are defined by two octagonal high ribbed domes supported by corbels.

Cardinal Giovanni Maria Del Monte - later Pope Julius III - lived for a short time in the nearby abbey at the start of the Council.