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Postcard from Ravenna

Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Classe

Ravenna is famous for its Byzantine mosaics and we visited all the city’s most important monuments but I think my favourite was the Basilica of Saint Apollinaire in Classe, about 5 km outside the town and on the bike route. It was consecrated in 549.

Ravenna est célèbre pour ses mosaïques byzantines et nous avons visité tous les monuments les plus importants de la ville mais je pense que celui que je préfère et la Basilique de Saint-Apollinaire-in-Classe qui se trouve à cinq kilomètres de la ville et sur l’itinéraire vélo! La consécration a eu lieu en 549.

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