S. Giovanni della Malva (1) faces onto the piazza which takes its name from this church. Sixtus IV Della Rovere (1471-1484) restored the medieval church to the form we see in this print. The street on the right leads to Ponte Sisto, built by the same pope on ancient foundations. The church was rebuilt in the mid 19th century and looks totally different today as seen in the contemporary photograph. Vasi makes a rare mistake in nomenclature for a building, this on the left which he calls the Convento di S. Dorotea (2). Nolli gives the correct name: Oratorio e Confraternità del Sagramento di detta chiesa (NN 1203: Oratory and Confraternity of the Sacrament of the said church; i.e.: S. Giovanni). The convent and church of S. Dorotea (NN 1206) are a block away on the street going off to the left of the print.
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