Title

Inside view of the San Vitale Basilica in Ravenna

Caption

Inside view of the San Vitale Basilica of Ravenna: view from the apse
6th century.

Info+

Its construction was begun by Bishop Ecclesius in 527, and completed in 548 by the twenty-seventh Bishop of Ravenna, Maximianus.

Date

6th century

Credit line

Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12

Reference

DGL10A03_289

License type

Rights managed

Available size

149,8Mb (10,8Mb) / 27,1in x 21,5in / 8118 x 6449 (300dpi)

Keywords

Architecture Mosaics Unesco World Heritage Site Emilia-Romagna Building Religion Chapel Vault Christian Christianism Early Christian Byzantine Catholic 5th century Jesus Christ Polychrome marble Indoors Interior Column Pillar Pillar Apse Capital Roman Exarch