Basilica of San Vitale

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Byzantine church World Heritage Site component basilica church building tourist attraction

The Basilica of San Vitale is a renowned 6th-century church in Ravenna, Italy, famous for its richly preserved Byzantine mosaics and architecture.

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine church → World Heritage Site component → basilica → church building → tourist attraction →
architecturalStyle	Byzantine architecture → Early Christian architecture →
artStyle	Byzantine mosaic →
builder	Julius Argentarius →
completionDate	c. 547 →
continent	Europe →
coordinateLocation	44.4206°N 12.1961°E →
country	Italy →
dedicatedTo	Saint Vitalis →
denomination	Roman Catholic Church →
follows	Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus →
hasArchitecturalElement	ambulatory → apse → dome → narthex → octagonal plan →
hasArchitecturalForm	central-plan church →
hasPart	Old Testament scene mosaics → apse mosaic of Christ in Majesty → mosaic of Emperor Justinian I → mosaic of Empress Theodora → presbytery → vault mosaics →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
inception	6th century →
influenced	Carolingian architecture → Palatine Chapel in Aachen →
influencedBy	Constantinopolitan architecture →
locatedIn	Ravenna →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Emilia-Romagna NERFINISHED →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time →
materialUsed	brick → marble → mosaic tesserae →
notableFor	Byzantine architecture in the West → imperial portrait mosaics → richly preserved mosaics →
officialLanguageOfLocation	Italian →
partOf	Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna →
patron	Bishop Ecclesius of Ravenna → Bishop Maximianus of Ravenna →
religion	Christianity →
rite	Latin Rite →
startDate	c. 526 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInscriptionDate	1996 →
visitorAttraction	Ravenna historic center →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Justinian I ("San Vitale, Ravenna") →	architecturalPatronage
Byzantine art ("San Vitale in Ravenna") →	associatedWith
Ravenna →	hasLandmark
Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale ("San Vitale (titular church)") →	hasSee
Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale ("San Vitale (titular church)") →	hasTitularChurch
Byzantine architecture →	notableExample
Ravenna →	UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains