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Jul 12, 2019 · Discover Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy: An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.
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The "mausoleum" of Galla Placidia, built 425–450, is a cruciform chapel or oratory that originally adjoined the narthex of the Church of the Holy Cross (Santa Croce) in Ravenna, which was built in 417 as the church for the imperial palace.
Dec 6, 2023 · by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 425 C.E., Ravenna (Italy) Images for teaching and learning. Cite this page. An unassuming brick exterior belies the luminous mosaics within. In one, a young, beardless Christ tends his flock.
There are numerous mosaics covering the walls, celing and dome including: the golden stars and the cross on an azure blue background that decorate the central dome, along with the signs of creatures of the apocalypse. the martyrdom of Saint-Laurent, with the Saint next to the burning grill on which he was martyred.
Galla Placidia. A treasure chest. Very close to the church of San Vitale, in the shadow of a centennial plain tree that turns golden in Autumn, there is the Mausoleum of Galla PLAcidia.
The mausoleum is a small cruciform structure with a high centre bay surmounted by a pendentive dome and giving access to four low barrel-vaulted arms all sheathed in figural mosaics.
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).
