This city is far prettier than I could imagine. To study the Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna is a requisite for art history students and I had completed a paper on one in particular a few years ago. I was so eager to arrive at the Basilica of San Vitale. And then I was inside, speechless at the beauty surrounding me. Photographs in textbooks could not prepare me for the richness of the colors and brilliance of the gold mosaics, which date from the 5th century CE. Awestruck, my eyes momentarily swam in tears.
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Mausoleo di Galla Placidia |
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San Vitale - Empress Theodora |
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