Through Ravenna

Basilica of San Vitale and the National Museum of Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Neonian Baptistery, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Fragment of a maiolica plate, second half of the 15th century. Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Flooded crypt of the Basilica di San Francesco, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Sixth century Byzantine mosaics in Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna. The mosaic medallions along the central arch depict Jesus, the Twelve Apostles, and the two sainted sons of Saint Vitale, Gervasius and Protasius. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Portico in the Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Goldfish in the flooded crypt of the Basilica di San Francesco, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Mosaics in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Campanile of San Vitale, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna interiors

Sixth century Byzantine mosaics juxtaposed with eighteenth century Baroque painting in the Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna. The mosaic medallions along the central arch depict Jesus, the Twelve Apostles, and the two sainted sons of Saint Vitale, Gervasius and Protasius. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Goldfish in the flooded crypt of the Basilica di San Francesco, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Arian Baptistry, Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Red and white marble tomb of Ostasio da Polenta (d. 1396) in Basilica di San Francesco, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Looking up at the 5th century mosaics in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Window in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.