NE Italy
Emilia-Romagna
Ravenna

Basilica of San Vitale

The Basilica of San Vitale is a late antique church in , Italy. The sixth-century church is an important surviving example of early Byzantine art and architecture, and its mosaics in particular are some of the most-studied works in Byzantine art.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: minor basilica in Ravenna, Italy
  • Also known as: “Basilica di San Vitale”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mausoleum of Galla Placidia and Santa Maria Maggiore.

Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Late Antique Roman building in , , built between 425 and 450. It was added to the World Heritage List together with seven other structures in Ravenna in 1996.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is situated 100 metres northeast of Basilica of San Vitale.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ponte Nuovo and Porto Fuori.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Basilica of San Vitale.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Basilica of San Vitale.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Basilica of San Vitale.

Basilica of San Vitale

Latitude
44.42054° or 44° 25′ 14″ north
Longitude
12.19635° or 12° 11′ 47″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8FPJC5CW+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157757738
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
8378574
Wiki­data ID
Q721817
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Basilica of San Vitale” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس فيتالي”
  • Aragonese: “Basilica de Sant Vidal de Ravena”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Вітале”
  • Breton: “Penniliz San Vitale Ravenna”
  • Bulgarian: “Базилика „Сан Витале” в Равена”
  • Bulgarian: “Базиликата ‘Сан Витале’”
  • Bulgarian: “Сан Витале”
  • Catalan: “basílica de Sant Vidal de Ravenna”
  • Catalan: “Basílica de Sant Vidal de Ravenna”
  • Catalan: “Basílica de Sant Vidal”
  • Catalan: “Iglesia de Sant Vidal de Rávena”
  • Catalan: “Sant Vidal de Ravenna”
  • Chinese: “圣维塔堂”
  • Chinese: “圣维塔教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖維塔堂”
  • Chinese: “聖維塔教堂”
  • Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Vitala”
  • Croatian: “Bazilika svetog Vitala”
  • Croatian: “Bazilika svetog Vitalea”
  • Croatian: “San Vitale”
  • Czech: “Bazilika San Vitale”
  • Dutch: “Basiliek van San Vitale (Ravenna)”
  • Dutch: “Basiliek van San Vitale”
  • Dutch: “San Vitale”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo Sankta Vitalo de Raveno”
  • Estonian: “Ravenna San Vitale basiilika”
  • Finnish: “San Vitale”
  • French: “basilica di San Vitale”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Vital de Ravenne”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Vital de Ravenne”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Vital”
  • French: “basilique San Vitale de Ravenne”
  • French: “basilique San Vitale”
  • Galician: “Basílica de San Vidal de Rávena”
  • Galician: “Basílica de San Vital de Rávena”
  • Georgian: “სან-ვიტალეს ბაზილიკა”
  • Georgian: “სან-ვიტალეს ეკლესია”
  • German: “San Vitale”
  • Greek: “Βασιλική του Αγίου Βιταλίου”
  • Hebrew: “בזיליקת סן ויטאלה”
  • Hebrew: “בזיליקת סן ויטלה”
  • Hebrew: “הבזיליקה של סן ויטאלה”
  • Hungarian: “San Vitale-templom”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika San Vitale”
  • Italian: “basilica di San Vitale”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Vitale”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Vitale”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Vitale”
  • Italian: “San Vitale”
  • Japanese: “サン・ヴィターレ教会”
  • Japanese: “サン・ヴィターレ聖堂”
  • Korean: “산비탈레 성당”
  • Korean: “성 비탈레 성당”
  • Latin: “Templum Sancti Vitalis”
  • Lithuanian: “San Vitale bazilika”
  • Lombard: “Basilega de San Vital (Ravena)”
  • Lombard: “Basilega de San Vital”
  • Macedonian: “Базилика „Св. Виталиј“”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Vitale”
  • Norwegian: “San Vitale-basilikaen”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سن ویتاله”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Witalisa w Rawennie”
  • Polish: “Kościół San Vitale w Rawennie”
  • Polish: “Kościół San Vitale”
  • Portuguese: “Basilica de San Vitale”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de San Vitale”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de São Vital”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Vital”
  • Romanian: “Bazilica San Vitale”
  • Russian: “Сан-Витале”
  • Serbian: “Базилика светог Виталија”
  • Serbian: “Базилика Светог Виталија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bazilika San Vitale”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bazilika San Vitalea”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bazilika Svetog Vitalisa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Vitale”
  • Slovak: “Bazilika San Vitale”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika San Vitale”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Vital de Rávena”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Vital en Ravena”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Vital en Rávena”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Vital”
  • Spanish: “San Vital de Ravena”
  • Spanish: “San Vital de Rávena”
  • Swedish: “San Vitale, Ravenna”
  • Swedish: “San Vitale”
  • Tagalog: “Basilika ng San Vitale”
  • Turkish: “San Vitale Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Сан-Вітале”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Святого Віталія”
  • Urdu: “کلیسا سینٹ ویٹالے”
  • Vietnamese: “Vương cung thánh đường San Vitale”
  • Western Frisian: “San Vitale (Ravenna)”
  • Western Frisian: “San Vitale”

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