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Basilica of San Vitale

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The construction started in 526 on the orders of Bishop Ecclesius of Ravenna.
Bishop Maximian completed the construction in 547.
The building is octagonal, with the entrances next to the altar.
So... strange.

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Mojca Vilfan
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