San Marco began as a monastery for a group of Silvestrine monks. They were moved in the early fifteenth century to make way for a community of Dominican friars, changing the complex's status from monastery to friary.
Alternate Names: built environment; built complexes
Getty ID: 300000202; 300264550; 300000201
Space Type
religious community
A facility for a group of people living together, including regular clergy and those who have taken vows as monks, friars, or nuns. Religious groups were frequently transferred from one facility to another, meaning that what started as a parish church or monastery could become a mendicant friary or female convent with a change of resident group.
