Art and monuments
Basilica of San Vitale
The mosaics of Justinian and Theodora: Ravenna's Byzantine masterpiece.
Consecrated in 547, it has an octagonal plan rare in the West. In the apse the mosaics show Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora with their courts, on a gold ground that fills the whole space.
It is one of the eight monuments of Ravenna listed by UNESCO since 1996. You visit it with the combined ticket that also includes the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, right next door.
Opening days, times and tickets change through the year: always check the official site before you set off.
Getting to Ravenna
From the airport, the station or your hotel: a driver takes you there and picks you up when you are done. Fixed price, book online.
Book your transferService by Romagna Transfer. Their site opens.
More places nearby
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Ravenna · Art and monumentsPhoto: currybet, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sant'Apollinare in Classe
Ravenna · Art and monumentsPhoto: Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
Ravenna · Art and monumentsPhoto: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dante's Tomb
Ravenna · Art and monumentsPhoto: ThePhotografer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
