Ravenna

Located in the Emilia Romagna region in the northeastern part of Italy, Ravenna is also the capital of the province, known for its wonderful ancient mosaics and rich history. The rich past of Ravenna is proven in rich examples of Byzantine art and architecture. Ravenna is located in a wetland near the Adriatic Sea and has served three strategic capitals: the Western Roman Empire, the Gothic King Empire, the Europe Byzantine Empire.

(Textbook explanation) The Byzantine troops confiscated Ravenna from Ariane Christian East Goth and they robbed themselves from the Romans. Many of our knowledge about the art of this turbulent period comes from a well preserved monument of Ravenna. Bishop of Ravenna's Ecclius appointed two new churches. One for the city, the other for that port, for crassis. The building began with a centrally planned church, a martyr (a church built on the tomb of the martyr) dedicated to Roman martyr Saint Vitalis in the 4th century. Construction began after administrative control. The capital city of Byzantine in Italy

Immediately after visiting Byzantium with Pope John in 525, the construction of the Cathedral of St. Vitale was launched by Bishop of Ravenna Ecresius. The following year, Amalasuntha took over her father, Theodoric, as ruler of Gothenburg and Ravenna; both rulers were Arian, but her attitude towards Catholics was more forgiving than ever. The building of St. Vitale Cathedral began in 526 and is located in St. Vitalis rampage. The church is almost entirely funded by wealthy individuals named Julianus Argentarius. This unknown is thought to be a private banker in Lazanna, probably the ambassador of Justinian who was dispatched to prepare for conquering the Byzantine.

During his reign (527-65), East Emperor Justinian I ruled Ravenna. Since they feature Byzantine mosaic mural paintings, some of the buildings there can be thought of as Byzantine. Two great churches in Ravenna - Santa Polinare Nuovo (about 520 people) and Santa Polinare Classe (about 530 - 49 people) - the planned Basilican church. Please look at the early Christian arts and architecture. Early prototypes of Byzantine architecture are in St. Vital in Ravenna (538-47) and St. Sergis in Constantinople (527), both domes churches are octagonal. The church is surrounded by a passage. But Justinian of Constantinople Cathedral, Hagia Sophia's Cathedral, or the Holy Wisdom's Church (532-37) shows how to place a huge dome on a square plane. The solution is to place the dome on a pendant or spherical triangle and round the circle to a square