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San Vitale

Ravenna. Italy.

The church was begun by Bishop Ecclesius in 526 AD, when Ravenna was under the rule of the Ostrogoths and completed by the 27th Bishop of Ravenna, Maximian, in 547 AD.

It is one of eight Ravenna structures inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

 

 

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