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Highlights include Archiepiscopal Chapel, Arian Baptistery and Piazzetta degli Ariani, Basilica of San Vitale, Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Neonian Baptistery.

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  1. Archiepiscopal Chapel: story on the “Mosaic Ravenna: Churches and the Palace Quarter” route

    This small prayer room shows how a bishop responded to the royal court's faith without openly breaking with it.

  2. Arian Baptistery and Piazzetta degli Ariani: story on the “Mosaic Ravenna: Churches and the Palace Quarter” route

    This stop shows that a change of creed meant the transfer of an entire quarter, its property, and its people.

  3. Basilica of San Vitale: story on the “Mosaic Ravenna: Churches and the Palace Quarter” route

    Here, for the first time, the route will connect the splendor of imperial mosaics with the struggle for the episcopal seat of Ravenna.

  4. Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo: story on the “Mosaic Ravenna: Churches and the Palace Quarter” route

    The finale will bring together the visible traces of the church’s alteration and the dispute over whose name it is entitled to bear.

  5. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia: story on the “Mosaic Ravenna: Churches and the Palace Quarter” route

    Here, a local legend will collide with evidence that confirms the fire but not the name of the person buried.

  6. Neonian Baptistery: story on the “Mosaic Ravenna: Churches and the Palace Quarter” route

    Here, the mosaics will be read as a scheme of transition from catechumens to the full community.

  7. Piazza del Popolo: story on the “Mosaic Ravenna: Churches and the Palace Quarter” route

    The square will shift the conversation from a church dispute to the postwar choice of how to organize the country.

  8. Theodoric’s so-called Palace: story on the “Mosaic Ravenna: Churches and the Palace Quarter” route

    Here the story will reconstruct an event connected with the vanished palace and explain the caution of the modern name.