• The Basilica San Vitale still stands and it and its wonderful mosaics are in excellent repair. It is the only Byzantine church to survive entirely intact.
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  • The basilica of San Vitale was built in the middle of the 6th century, under the rule of Emperor Justinian: it is the only church that remains from this period of...
  • The Architecture of the Basilica di San Vitale in Ravenna. The church is designed as a double octagonal shell with a domed octagonal core and is one of the...
  • Construction on San Vitale Basilica began in 526 on the site of the martyrdom of St. Vitalis. The church was almost entirely funded by a single wealthy...
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    • What were the two purposes of the mosaics at San Vitale?
    • What is the central theme of the mosaic of Justinian at the Church of San Vitale in...
  • An additional reason for the importance of the Church of San Vitale is the bas-relief depicting two warriors in green stone from Campello...
  • ...Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio, the full name of the parish of Santi Vitale e Compagni martiri in fovea, also briefly San Vitale, is a church in Rome.