 Instead of rebuilding the original basilica to scale, Pope Paschal II built a smaller basilica with a two courtyards, one in front of the other; the first corresponding to the original 9th century courtyard, while the second was sited over the initial part of the nave.The two aisles were included in the Cardinal Palace (right) and in the Benedictine monastery founded by Paschal himself (left).The original apse of the basilica, however, was preserved, and seems oversized for the new church, whose nave was divided into three parts by means of columns.