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The 5 UNESCO monuments of Ravenna

All five are included in the combined pass sold by the Opera di Religione della Diocesi di Ravenna. Three of them (Galla Placidia, Neonian Baptistery, Chapel of St. Andrew) require a booked time slot; your stay inside the first two is capped at 5 minutes to protect the mosaics.

Golden apse and presbytery mosaics inside the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna

Basilica of San Vitale

The octagonal masterpiece consecrated in 547 AD — walls covered in gold mosaic and the famous imperial panels of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora facing each other across the presbytery.

Deep-blue interior mosaic of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, with rings of star rosettes and golden flowers

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

The tiny brick mausoleum from the first half of the 5th century whose barrel vaults and dome carry a cobalt-blue night sky pierced by golden stars — the mosaic that made Ravenna famous. Timed slot required; 5-minute stay inside to protect the microclimate.

Nave of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, lined with the 6th-century Byzantine mosaic processions of virgins and martyrs above the columned arcades

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

Built by Ostrogoth king Theoderic the Great in the early 6th century as a palatine chapel. Home to one of the longest and most impressive mosaic cycles of the life of Christ in the world, running the length of the nave.

Dome mosaic of the Neonian Baptistery in Ravenna showing the baptism of Christ ringed by the twelve apostles

Neonian Baptistery

The oldest surviving of Ravenna's monuments — a 5th-century octagonal baptistery completed under Bishop Neon. Its dome mosaic shows the baptism of Christ ringed by the twelve apostles, one of the oldest complete mosaic domes in the Christian world. Timed slot required; 5-minute stay.

Vault mosaic of the Chapel of St. Andrew in Ravenna's Archiepiscopal Museum, showing Christ as a warrior treading on the beasts, framed by scrolls of birds and Latin inscriptions

Chapel of St. Andrew & Archiepiscopal Museum

The private chapel of the bishops of Ravenna, hidden inside the Archiepiscopal Museum next to the cathedral. Home to the ivory Throne of Maximian and mosaic vaults featuring 101 species of birds. Timed slot required.

Practical: opening hours

8 March – 2 November 2026: every day 9:00–19:00 (last admission 18:30 at San Vitale, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Archiepiscopal Museum; 18:45 at Galla Placidia and Neonian Baptistery). 3 November 2026 – 6 March 2027: every day 10:00–17:00 (last admission 16:30 / 16:45). Closed 25 December and 1 January.

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5 UNESCO monuments · from 16.50 € / adult