Upper chamber, Mausoleum of Theodoric, Ravenna, Italy

Basin, late Imperial Roman, red porphyry, used as a sarcophagus for Theodoric, whose body was removed in Byzantine times, in the circular upper chamber of the Mausoleo di Teodorico or Mausoleum of Theodoric, an Ostrogothic funerary building, built c. 520 AD by king Theodoric, in the necropolis area outside the city walls of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Basin Byzantium Emilia-romagna Funerary Limestone Mausoleo Mausoleum Niche Ostrogoth Ostrogothic Porphyry Ravenna Sarcophagus Teodorico Theodoric

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