Mosaics in San Vitale in Ravenna15

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by Henk Bekker

Mosaics and Baroque Painted Dome in San Vitale

Late Antiquity meets Baroque. The magnificent mosaics in San Vitale overshadows the baroque dome painted more than a millennium later. San Vitale is a highlight of any visit to Ravenna to see the eight UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listed sites of early Christian monuments and Late Antiquity (and Byzantine) mosaics.