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Church of San Pietro in Quinta, external view of the bell tower

Church of San Pietro in Quinta, external view of the bell tower

A panoramic view of the Early Christian settlement of Palatia; five EC basilicas (A, B, C, Aghia Sophia, Kastellos), two bathhouses, cisterns, a fortified hilltop (Kastellos), and several burial chambers are indicated.

Marble pillar, finely decorated with phytomorphic motifs, is actually placed out at St Mark's Basilica, in Venice. The pillar, originally belonged to Basilica of St Polyeuktos in Constantinople, was probably transferred in Venice during the Fourth…

Venice, Basilica of St. Mark, the group of the four Tetrarchs. It originally belonged to a statuary group, located in the Philadelphion (Constantinople) and it was transferred to Venice during the Fourth Crusade.

Probably a Dionysian festival: a male figure, with floral crown, holds a hole in which some women and babies pass

Mosaic pavement, with geometrical and floral patterns, with two sort of baths

Pave mosaic with a little bird in the middle

Church of San Pietro in Trento, external view

Church of San Pietro in Trento, external view

Church of San Pietro in Trento, external view of the apse

Church of San Pietro in Trento, view of the crypt

Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, groin vault, wall mosaic decoration: the Agnus Dei is represented in a clypeus on the vault. On the four groin vault panels, four angels are supporting the central clypeus, which is surrounded by the decorative…

Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, groin vault, wall mosaic decoration: the Agnus Dei is represented in a clypeus on the vault. On the four groin vault panels, four angels are supporting the central clypeus, which is surrounded by the decorative…

Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, groin vault, wall mosaic decoration: the Agnus Dei is represented in a clypeus on the vault. On the four groin vault panels, four angels are supporting the central clypeus, which is surrounded by the decorative…