San Giovanni Evangelista (Ravenna)

Italy / Emilia-Romagna / Ravenna
 place with historical importance, interesting place, Roman Catholic church
It was built in the fifth century AD by the Roman imperial princess Galla Placidia.[1]

In the Middle Ages the Benedictines annexed to it an important monastery. In the 14th century both the church and the monastery were renovated in the Gothic style: of that intervention the portal is visible today. In 1747 the church was almost entirely stripped of its mosaics; the only remaining are two fragments of the original 5th-century floor, with the first recorded Christian use of hooked crosses. Other mosaic fragments found under the bombs belong to 13th-century floor and depict the Fourth Crusade. Two of the four bells dates 1208.
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Giovanni_Evangelista,_Ravenna
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Coordinates:   44°25'6"N   12°12'20"E
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