Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
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| Early Christian Monuments [500×516] Russian Spanish Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna | Nomination File More Publishing origin | |
| Ravenna1 jpg[736×659] Ravenna1 jpg 736×659 The World Heritage Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna Publishing origin Publishing origin | |
| w788 jpg[320×239] The Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna are a unique collection of mosaics and monuments from the 5th and 6th centuries Ravenna an important port was known under the Romans and Publishing origin | |
| 1388 jpg[150×200] 1388 jpg 150×200 Graeme Ramshaw Wow There s no other word to describe the reaction when you enter the Basilica di San Vitale for the first time The shimmering gold and the brilliant Publishing origin | |
| xti 6423pa pano jpg[825×191] Apse mosaic 526 47 AD in San Vitale Basilica Ravenna Photo © Sacred Destinations Publishing origin | |
| ravenna duomo c italiantou[250×162] Ravenna Cathedral Ravenna s original cathedral of which the Orthodox Baptistery was a part no longer stands This Duomo was built in the mid 18th century and contains some unusual pews Publishing origin | |
| b9 jpg[230×157] feet The Baptistery is literally buried in asphalt up to its knees and this of course destroys the majesty of its beautiful marble columns and the mosaic decorated arches that join them We start our excursion into the intense symbolism of Byzantine art by pointing out that even the octagonal shape of the Baptistery means something it represents the seven days of Creation Publishing origin | |
| b10 jpg[152×225] Asked to restore damaged sections of almost every mosaic cycle in town he apparently was more interested in showing off his own talents than in faithfully replacing fallen tesserae Today just about every touch he added is vilified For instance St John apparently held no dish in the original mosaic he merely extended his hand to place it on Christ s head and Publishing origin | |
| ravenna arian baptistery 7[250×166] Arian Baptistery This baptistery was built at the end of the 5th century when the Arian Visigoths ruled Italy The dome mosaic shows the baptism of Christ with a personification of the River Publishing origin | |
| ravenna san vitale 6449pas[250×162] San Vitale Basilica Built in 548 over the site of the martyrdom of St Vitalis this octagonal church contains some of the most celebrated mosaics in the West Publishing origin |
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- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- Historic Centre of San Gimignano
- I Sassi di Matera
- City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
- Historic Centre of Siena
- Historic Centre of Naples
- Crespi d’Adda
- Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
- Castel del Monte
- The Trulli of Alberobello
- Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
- Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
- 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta, with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
- Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Archaeological Area of Agrigento
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
- Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
- Historic Centre of Urbino
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- City of Verona
- Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
- Villa d’Este, Tivoli
- Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily)
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Val d’Orcia
- Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
- Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
- Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
- Mantua and Sabbioneta
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
