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  1. The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a Late Antique Roman building in Ravenna, Italy, built between 425 and 450. It was added to the World Heritage List together with seven other structures in Ravenna in 1996.

  2. Jul 12, 2019 · The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia sits in the courtyard of Ravenna ’s magnificent 6th-century Basilica of San Vitale, but its connection to the basilica is unclear. Its construction dates to ...

  3. About 12 metres by 10 metres in size, and built of red brick in the shape of a small cross and with a small dome, it was built in the first half of the 5th century making it one of the most ancient of the monuments in the city. Galla Placidia, Roman empress from Thesallonica, built the mausoleum to be her shrine, although she died in Rome and ...

  4. Dec 6, 2023 · The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 425 C.E., Ravenna (Italy)

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  5. Jul 15, 2021 · Along with other early Christian sites in Ravenna, the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia today. Visitors today can enjoy the mosaics which UNESCO has described as ‘among the best surviving examples of this form of art in Europe.’ It is open every day from 9am to 7pm, and admission is 9. ...

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  7. Ravenna was the seat of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and then of Byzantine Italy until the 8th century. It has a unique collection of early Christian mosaics and monuments. All eight buildings – the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Neonian Baptistery, the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, the Arian Baptistery, the Archiepiscopal ...

  8. May 19, 2016 · One such monument is the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia (386-452), built as a funerary building by the powerful Galla Placidia, the daughter of Roman emperor Theodosius I (it was Galla Placidia’s brother, Honorius, who moved the capital of the Western Roman Empire to Ravenna). The building’s architecture and mosaics have preserved very well ...

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