Santa Maria in Domnica alla Navicella stands near the Caelian Hill in Rome. Pope Paschal I rebuilt the basilica from 818 to 822, and the article calls it one of the best examples of the Carolingian Renaissance in Rome. It names no architect for the 9th-century work, and the interior retains that plan.
A nave and two aisles of equal length are separated by 18 granite columns reused from an ancient temple, with Corinthian capitals. The facade's five-arched porch and fountain date to 1513, credited to Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici, later Pope Leo X, and attributed to Andrea Sansovino. The infobox lists Early Christian, Renaissance and Baroque styles.
The apse mosaics, commissioned by Paschal I, show Christ with angels and the twelve Apostles. Ferdinando I de' Medici donated the coffered ceiling, and Perin del Vaga painted the nave frescoes from designs by Giulio Romano. The article gives no dimensions or access details.
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