The Basilica of San Vitale is a late antique church in Ravenna, Italy.The sixth-century church is an important surviving example of early Christian Byzantine art and architecture.It is one of eight structures in Ravenna inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.Its foundational inscription describes the church as a basilica, though its centrally-planned design is not typical of the …

Life. Born in the Istrian town of Vistar (now Veštar) near Pola in modern-day Croatia, Maximianus was consecrated bishop of Ravenna in 546 by Pope Vigilius in Patras, Greece.Maximianus was a forty-eight-year-old deacon from Pola when he became the twenty-sixth bishop of Ravenna. According to the ninth-century Ravennate priest Andreas Agnellus, Maximianus' flock initially …

Ravenna (/ r ə ˈ v ɛ n ə / rə-VEN-ə, Italian: , also locally (); Romagnol: Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom until it was re-conquered in 540 by the Byzantine Empire.

Guglielmo Agnelli (c. 1238 –1313), sculptor and architect. He built the campanile of the Badia a Settimo, near Florence; Pietro Baseggio (14th century), architect and sculptor. In 1361, he was named superintendent of construction for the Doge's palace; Bartolomeo Bon (died after 1464), sculptor and architect. Among his works may be cited the famous Gothic Ca' d'Oro …

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Map of Italy and its major cities. The following is a list of Italian municipalities ( comuni ) with a population over 50,000. The table below contains the cities populations as of 31 December 2021, [1] as estimated by the Italian National Institute of Statistics , [2] and the cities census population from the 2011 Italian Census . [3]

Castel Candriano, Torella dei Lombardi Castello di Gesualdo, Gesualdo Castello di Rocca San Felice, Rocca San Felice Province of Benevento. Rocca dei Rettori, Benevento; Apice Castle [], Apice; Cusano Mutri Castle [], Cusano Mutri; Faicchio Castle [], Faicchio; D'Avalos Castle [], Montesarchio; Rocca of San Salvatore Telesino [], San Salvatore Telesino ...

Manarola (Manaea in the local dialect) is a small town, a frazione of the comune (municipality) of Riomaggiore, in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northern Italy.It is the second-smallest of the famous Cinque Terre towns frequented by tourists, with a population of 353.

Prato (/ ˈ p r ɑː t oʊ / PRAH-toh, Italian: ()) is a city and comune in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato.The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation 768 metres (2,520 ft), the last peak in the Calvana chain.With more than 200,000 inhabitants, Prato is Tuscany's second largest city (after Florence) and the third largest in …

Roman Italy (called Italia in both the Latin and Italian languages referring to the Italian Peninsula) was the homeland of the ancient Romans and of the Roman empire. According to Roman mythology, Italy was the ancestral home promised by Jupiter to Aeneas of Troy and his descendants, Romulus and Remus, who were the founders of Rome.Aside from the legendary …