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Architecture of evocative beauty, with solemn and majestic mosaics
Commissioned by the emperor Justinian as an emblem of the cultural and artistic splendour of his court, the Basilica of San Vitale is an absolutely unique monument, a witness to Byzantine identity in sixth-century Italy. Begun by the bishop Ecclesius around the year 532 and consecrated by the archbishop Maximianus in 547, the Basilica reveals in this book the beguiling beauty of its architecture, the inexhaustible riches of its decoration and the splendour of its magnificent cycle of mosaics.
Texts by P. Angiolini Martinelli, C. Benzoni, D. Biagi Maino, A. Brighi, S. Foschi, C. Franzoni, A. M. Iannucci, N. Lombardi, E. Marcato, V. Marchetti, L. Martini, C. Muscolino, E. Pagella, F. Paolucci, S. Pasi, L. Pasquini Vecchi, C. Rizzardi, A. Tomei, S. Tumidei.
Photographs by P. Robino