Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe

The apse, Sant'Apollinare in Classe At the center of the green landscape, Saint Apollinaris lifts his hands among twelve lambs. Above him, a jeweled cross sits in a blue disk. This view takes in the apse from the steps below, where the windows cut into the mosaic and the cross still draws the eye first. The basilica was consecrated in 549.