Eglise de S. Marc; Engraved by Pietro Fontana (1762-1837); from 'Recueil des vues au bister dessinees et lavees par Callimachus, Souvenirs d'antiquites et curiosites de Rome et des environs, Deblayements et reparations du Pape Pie VII'; Pope Pius VII (1742-1823) Papacy (1800-23) Count Barnaba Niccolo Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; Founded in 336 by St. Mark the Pope, restored in 833, rebuilt in the 15th century by Paul II and restored again in 1744; Romanesque campanile; It is attached to the Palazzo Venezia which was built for the Venetian Cardinal Pietro Barbo, later Pope Paul II (1464-71); Traditionally attributed to Leon Battista Alberti; Begun in 1455, enlarged in 1464 and finished in the 16th century;
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