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Photos of San Vitale Basilica

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This gallery of 187 photos accompanies our article on San Vitale Basilica. Click any image to enlarge or start at the beginning for a virtual tour.

  • Aerial View
  • View from Galla Placidia Mausoleum
  • View from North
  • View from North
  • View from North
  • View from North
  • Bell Tower
  • View from South
  • East Apse
  • East Apse
  • Exterior
  • View from Northeast
  • View from Northeast
  • East Apse
  • Southeast Exterior
  • Southeast Exterior
  • South Chapel
  • Arch Mosaic: Christ
  • St. Andrew / Albert Einstein
  • Vault Mosaics
  • Left Wall of Presbytery
  • St. John the Evangelist
  • Abel and Melchizedek
  • Presbytery Angels
  • Apse Mosaic: Christ the Redeemer
  • Apse Mosaic: Christ the Redeemer
  • Apse Mosaic: Christ the Redeemer
  • Apse Mosaic: Christ the Redeemer
  • Apse Mosaic: Christ the Redeemer
  • Apse Mosaic: San Vitale
  • Apse Mosaic: Christ the Redeemer
  • Apse Mosaic: Christ the Redeemer
  • Apse Mosaic: Christ the Redeemer
  • Apse Mosaic: Christ the Redeemer
  • Apse Mosaic: Angel
  • Emperor Justinian and Entourage
  • Emperor Justinian and Entourage
  • Emperor Justinian
  • Emperor Justinian
  • Empress Theodora
  • Empress Theodora
  • Empress Theodora
  • Empress Theodora
  • Empress Theodora
  • Ambulatory
  • Ambulatory.
  • Ambulatory
  • Ambulatory


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