The Arian Baptistery is much less visited than the other monuments in Ravenna’s historic center and is similar in many ways to the Neonian Baptistery. They are, however, included in the UNESCO designation, and beautiful in their own right! The following 3 mosaic locations are not included in the traditional combination ticket, and 2 of the 3 of them are located outside the historic center of Ravenna. Once you wrap up at the chapel, you can take a spin through the attached museum, as well! UNESCO Mosaics That Aren’t Ticketed Together If you look closely (or have a tour guide with you to point it out), there’s also a lot of anti-Arian sentiment depicted in the art. Andrew’s Chapel is memorable for the amount of detail and beauty packed into a comparatively tiny place. Like the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, St.
Andrew’s Chapel (also called the Archepisocal Chapel) within the Archepiscopal Museum. Once the private oratory of Orthodox bishops, today, you can find St. The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, though, is simultaneously one of the smallest of the monuments and one of the most striking, as the interior of this tiny building is positively covered with intricate mosaics. It also isn’t actually a mausoleum–that’s a centuries-old misconception. Plus, Ravenna mosaic tours are very affordable–ours cost less than 15 Euro more per person than visiting independently would have. You don’t need a tour to visit the Ravenna mosaics, but we chose to take this one and loved the experience!īy definition, the mosaics are all about the detail, and having a guide with us to point out the context we would have missed on our own (ranging from depictions of emperors to a place where later rulers had erased their political rivals from mosaics) truly enhanced our experience.īy booking a tour, we also didn’t have to worry about making or timing reservations to visit the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia or the Neonian Baptistery, both of which require timed entry and a 2 Euro surcharge to enter. Do You Need a Tour to Visit the Ravenna Mosaics? This panel in the Basilica of San Vitale shows Empress Theodora (497-548). Like the vast majority of pre-Renaissance European art, the artists who created the mosaics are uncredited and anonymous–but whoever they were, it’s safe to say that they created something remarkable and enduring. Most notably, Emperor Theodoric the Great (whose name you’ll see pop up quite a bit when visiting Ravenna) was a member of the now-obscure Arian sect, which Ravenna’s primarily Roman Catholic population was, to put it mildly, unhappy about. Political strife surrounding religious differences continued throughout this time. Here’s everything you need to know about visiting the remarkable Ravenna mosaics! We visited all 8 of the buildings that make up this remarkable UNESCO World Heritage Site and walked away absolutely smitten with the roughly 1500-year-old mosaics of Ravenna, Italy. If you’re hoping to step a bit off the beaten path in Italy while diving deep into the country’s art, Ravenna belongs on your Italy bucket list (and it doesn’t hurt that Emilia-Romagna is home to some of the best food in Italy, either). In the 5th and 6th centuries, an impressive collection of brilliant mosaics were created in Ravenna, and today, the “Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna” are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tucked away in the eastern part of Emilia-Romagna, Ravenna sees far fewer visitors each year than hotspots like Rome and Florence, and yet, it’s home to some of the most significant and downright mesmerizing art in Italy (which is particularly impressive because you know, this is Italy we’re talking about). I have been dreaming of visiting the jaw-dropping Ravenna mosaics for years–and I still managed to underestimate just how absolutely magnificent they are to admire in person.
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