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Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
I love their fashion sense. They all wear Phrygian caps and - quite unusually -fancy trousers. -
Classe
What a lovely detail. -
Mausoleum of Theoderic
There is a large porphyry bathtub in the top floor. -
Mausoleum of Theoderic
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The Arian Baptistery
As always, beautiful decorations everywhere. -
The Orthodox Baptistery
Lush decorations -
The Orthodox Baptistery
Hm, is this an optical illusion? Because sometimes I see birds and sometimes fish. -
Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra
Parts were covered with mosaics and parts with marble plates. This were the foundations for the marble plates, now (pretty sure) reused elsewhere. -
Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra
I wonder if the red and blue were always that pale or were they more vibrant. -
Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra
Dance of the Seasons (original). Spring on the left, Autumn with the crown is in the front, Winter in the back and Summer is missing. A personification of Time plays a pan flute. -
Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
The Three Magi, Balthasar, Melchior and Caspar. They carry the gifts (gold, frankincense and myrrh) and walk towards the Bethlehem star.