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🏛️ Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

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🏛️ Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
Early Christian monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ravenna


🕐 3 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 19:11

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Built in the early 6th century as the palatine church of Theodoric the Great
  • Originally an Arian Christian place of worship; reconsecrated to Catholicism after Byzantine reconquest
  • Features world-renowned Byzantine mosaics depicting processions of saints and biblical narratives
  • Part of the Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996

The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo stands as one of eight Early Christian monuments in Ravenna, Italy, and represents ...

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