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Naos, view of the north colonnade

Engraving representing the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna. From "Vetera Monimenta, in quibus praecipuè musiva opera sacrarum…." by Giovanni Giusto Ciampini, Rome 1690

Exterior, view from southwest

Anchor from the Nemi ship

Exterior, view of the south wall

Reconstruction of a roman ship

Exterior, east wall

Exterior, view from southwest

Exterior, view from northwest

Pave mosaic with birds and animals and a frame made by a pattern with flowers and looped squares

The frontal altar is composed of blocks of marble decorated with geometric motifs; the "fenestella confessionis" at its centre.

Wall mosaic with the figure of Esaù

Naos, saint Ignatius

Pave mosaic with pheasants and a donkey; a frame is made by a pattern with flowers and looped squares

Naos, saints Gregory of Nazianzus and Cyril of Alexandria

Decorated slab with crosses (on the left); various tiles decorated with animals and vegetable motifs. On the foreground: sarcophagus decorated with a vegetable-motif frame. In the central box, a palm between two opposite lions.

Exterior, view from northwest

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, north cross branch, lunette: apostles and drinking doves. One apostle is holding a scroll, a big seashell covers the scene, on base area two doves are standing beside a spouting vase.

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, wall mosaic decoration, north cross branch, major lunette: apostle. The figure is depicted holding a scroll.