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Ravenna- San Vitale

Ravenna- San Vitale
La Basilica di San Vitale a Ravenna fu iniziata nel 526, al tempo dell’arcivescovo Ecclesio, quando la città era ancora sotto il dominio dei Goti. Fu poi costruita nel corso dei successivi vent’anni, quindi durante il regno dell’imperatore Giustiniano e contemporaneamente alla Chiesa di Santa Sofia a Costantinopoli (oggi Istanbul). Venne consacrata dal vescovo Massimiano nel 547 e dedicata a San Vitale, un martire dei primi secoli del Cristianesimo. Concepita per rendere testimonianza della grandezza imperiale bizantina, e del regno giustinianeo in particolare, presenta un impianto planimetrico centrale e soluzioni strutturali che la distinguono nettamente dalle tipiche basiliche longitudinali d’Italia.
La Chiesa di San Vitale presenta una pianta ottagonale, con il perimetro esterno ripetuto all’interno da un secondo ottagono i cui lati sono dilatati da esedre a due ordini sovrapposti di arcate.
L’edificio è in semplice laterizio e si presenta all’esterno volutamente disadorno e spoglio. La cupola, molto alta, è emisferica e impostata su pennacchi; all’esterno, essa risulta nascosta da un tiburio, una sorta di involucro architettonico a sua volta ottagonale. La forma geometrica della chiesa risulta quindi composta da vari nuclei, tutti rigorosamente definiti: il corpo principale, il tiburio, l’abside (poligonale all’esterno, semicircolare all’interno) e un nartece a forcipe, ossia un piccolo atrio di ingresso rettangolare concluso da due absidi laterali, qui curiosamente posto in obliquo e tangente a un angolo della facciata principale.
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The Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna was begun in 526, at the time of Archbishop Ecclesio, when the city was still under the rule of the Goths. It was then built during the following twenty years, then during the reign of Emperor Justinian and simultaneously with the Church of St. Sophia in Constantinople (today Istanbul). It was consecrated by Bishop Maximian in 547 and dedicated to Saint Vitale, a martyr of the first centuries of Christianity. Designed to bear witness to Byzantine imperial greatness, and to the Justinian kingdom in particular, it has a central planimetric layout and structural solutions that clearly distinguish it from the typical longitudinal basilicas of Italy.
The Church of San Vitale has an octagonal plan, with the external perimeter repeated inside by a second octagon whose sides are expanded by exedrations in two superimposed orders of arches.
The building is made of simple brick and is deliberately unadorned and bare on the outside. The dome, very high, is hemispherical and set on pendentives; on the outside, it is hidden by a tiburium, a sort of architectural shell in turn octagonal. The geometric shape of the church is therefore composed of various nuclei, all rigorously defined: the main body, the tiburium, the apse (polygonal on the outside, semicircular on the inside) and a forceps narthex, a small rectangular entrance hall concluded by two lateral apses, here curiously placed obliquely and tangent to a corner of the main façade.
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Mariagrazia Gaggero, Pano ☼ Rapi ♫✯♫, Eva Lewitus, Marije Aguillo and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo


13 comments - The latest ones
 Nicolas Mertens
Nicolas Mertens club
Interesting architecture. Your photo of the interior is particularly revealing.
3 years ago.
Daniela Brocca club has replied to Nicolas Mertens club
Thanks, Nicolas. In Ravenna are the most interesting byzantine churches. But there are some also in Rome and Milan and in other places. None like these.Ravenna has been capital of the West Roman Empire at the time when the Roman Empire was in Orient, were now is Istanbul.
3 years ago.
 Marije Aguillo
Marije Aguillo club
Qué bonito edificio y qué bien encuadrado. Te deseo un buen fin de semana.
3 years ago.
Daniela Brocca club has replied to Marije Aguillo club
Muchas gracias, Marije. No hay muchos de este tipo. Se encuentran interiores bizantinos , pero casi nunca el externo.
3 years ago.
 polytropos
polytropos club
Ich war leider noch nie in Ravenna! :-/
3 years ago.
Daniela Brocca club has replied to polytropos club
Dann muss Du, als Corona weg ist. Ich war dort einmal sicher vor 40 Jahren.
3 years ago.
Pano ☼ Rapi ♫✯♫ club has replied to Daniela Brocca club
Bestätigung ....
War einen Nachmittag alleine dort zum betätigen des Auslösers :))).
3 years ago.
Daniela Brocca club has replied to Pano ☼ Rapi ♫✯♫ club
Man hätte viel mehr Zeit gebraucht, wie immer. So viel zu sehen. Und es kommt noch mehr. Und das alles in zwei Tage mit der Reise. Ich würde gerne allein sein.
3 years ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club
A wonderful capture that has stood the test of time Daniela. Well done.

Keep safe. Herb
3 years ago.
Daniela Brocca club has replied to Herb Riddle club
Byzantine is rare and beautiful, but in Italy we have a lot, mostly in Ravenna, but even in Rome , Venice, Milan. But this is the only one that I saw that has the exterior also byzantine. The others have changed with the time. Keep safe too. Dany
3 years ago.
 Pano ☼ Rapi ♫✯♫
Pano ☼ Rapi ♫✯♫ club
♫✯♫ !!! Deine Ravenna-Auswahl !!! ♫✯♫
Gäbe es Panoramio noch.... Ein Ordner von Ravenna enthielt auch dieses Bild :)
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Mariagrazia Gaggero
Mariagrazia Gaggero club
Che bella serie di foto Daniela, io non conosco per niente questi bei posti.
Speriamo di poter tornare a viaggiare....
Un caro saluto
Mariagrazia
3 years ago.
Daniela Brocca club has replied to Mariagrazia Gaggero club
Grazie, Mariagrazia. Io c'ero stata una volta almeno 40 anni fa, non in tutti i posti. In effetti sono da vedere. Ciao.
3 years ago.

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