Sant Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy Heritage

Sant Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy Heritage
St Apollinare Nuovo by Luca Sartoni

The Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy, is a basilica church. The Liber Pontificalis says that the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great built it as a chapel for his palace in the first quarter of the sixth century. This Arian church was first dedicated to “Christ the Redeemer” in 504 AD. Image by Luca Sartoni is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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