Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna(拉韋纳的早期基督教遺址)

Ravena's location:

Ravenna is a city in northern Italy, the capital of Ravenna Province, in Emilia-Romagna Region, near the Adriatic Sea (with which it is connected by the Corsini Canal). The city is famed for its buildings that date from the 5th, 6th, and 7th centuries and for the mosaics that decorate many of the interiors. Ravenna also contains the tombs of the Ostrogothic emperor Theodoric and of Dante.

Brief Description:
Ravenna was the seat of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and then of Byzantine Italy until the 8th century. It has a unique collection of early Christian mosaics and monuments. All eight buildings – the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia,the Neonian Baptistery, the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, the Arian Baptistery, the Archiepiscopal Chapel, the Mausoleum of Theodoric, the Church of San Vitale and the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe – were constructed in the 5th and 6th centuries. They show great artistic skill, including a wonderful blend of Graeco-Roman tradition, Christian iconography and oriental and Western styles.