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Architecure: Early Christian & Byzantine
San Vitale Basilica began as early as 527 by Bishop Ecclesius, and was completed by the 27th Bishop of Ravenna, Maximain. Considered as one of the earliset forms of Christian Byzantine architecture, San Vitale serves as a chruch. With an octagonal plan the church also incorperated the Roman elements such as domes, shaped doorways, and stepped towers, with Byzantine polygonal apse, capitals and narrow bricks. Most famously known for the mosaics in the interior of the structure, San Vitale is extremely important to Byzantine architecture and art.
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