Basilica of San Marco Evangelista
In its portico is the tombstone of Vannozza Cattanei, mother of Cesare, Giovanni, Lucrezia and Goffredo Borgia.
Located in Piazza di San Marco, next to Piazza Venezia, it was built in the year 336 by Pope Marcos, whose remains rest under the main altar. After successive restorations, at the end of the 15th century Paul II transformed it according to Renaissance taste with a portico and a loggia.
In the 18th century restorations the church received its current baroque decoration.
In the portico there are several Paleo-Christian tombstones, as well as that of Vannozza Cattanei, the mistress of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia.
Vannozza, who died on November 26, 1518, was buried in the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, where her son Giovanni rested.
During the Sack of Rome in 1527, the chapel where his remains were found was looted. Only the tombstone that can currently be seen in the porch was recovered.
