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Basilica of San Vitale
Via Argentario, 22, 48100 Ravenna Driving directions
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Consecrated in 547 by Archbishop Maximian, this architectural masterpiece bears witness to the splendid opulence and use of light characteristic of late Antiquity. The richness of its interior decoration is quite breathtaking: marble, beautifully sculpted Byzantine capitals, frescoes and mosaics in the apse. Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora are depicted in the hieratic style typical of Byzantine art. The whole ensemble is simply spectacular and should not be missed.

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    Le Case Di San Vitale
    Suberb 9.3
    12 m - Via San Vitale 36, 48121 Ravenna
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    15 m - 36 Via San Vitale, 48121 Ravenna
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    90 m - Via Camillo Benso Cavour 91, 48121 Ravenna

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