Ravenna exteriors

Window from the late-17th-century Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste, located on Piazza John F. Kennedy in Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Space invader and mosaic street sign in Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Entrance of Basilica San Giovanni Battista, Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Space invader in Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Street view in Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Space invader in Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Mausoleum of Theodoric, Ravenna, Italy. 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.