Quiet historic city in Emilia-Romagna, once the capital of the Western Roman Empire and the later Ostrogothic kingdom, now world renowned for its splendid Byzantine mosaics.
Piazza del Popolo
Clock tower on the square
Roadworks on Via IV Novembre
Mercato Coperto
Cloisters of the Basilica di San Vitale
Cloister garden
Papal statue in the cloister gardens
Central mosaic within San Vitale
Flank mosaics over the altar
Mausoleo di Galla Placidia
Mausoleum mosaic
Ceiling within the mausoleum
Basilica di San Vitale
Via Manfredo Fanti
Museo Arcivescovile
Ceiling fresco within the Battistero degli Ortodossi
Ambo and altar of the baptistry
Mosaic of the apostles ringing the baptistry ceiling
Chiesa di San Francesco
Dante's grave
Via Dante Alighieri
Basilica di San Apollinare Nuovo
Profession of the 22 Virgins mosaic in the basilica
Mosaic portrait of Justinian, San Apollinare Nuovo