The Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, a masterpiece of Byzantine art in Italy In Ravenna, Italy, the Basilica of San Vitale ...

Basilica di San Vitale. The Basilica of San Vitale was consecrated by Archbishop Maximian in 548 AD and is one of Italy’s most important monuments of early Christian art.

The Basilica of San Vitale’s apsidal basin features a mosaic of Christ as redeemer. Photograph by DeAgostini, Getty Images.

A mosaic depicting the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (left) decorates Ravenna’s Basilica of San Vitale (right). The monumental building was one of many constructed during his reign, which lasted ...

Famous Basilica di San Vitale, ... The Church of San Vitale is arguably the most well known of the monuments in Ravenna to the Western World. Built between 526 and 547 AD, ...

Basilica di San Vitale: detail in the apse. Normal colour vision and colour blind view (Graphic: Business Wire)-EnChroma glasses will allow color blind visitors to view Ravenna's mosaics with a ...