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