Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
Guide
Photo: Ввласенко · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeChurchAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Long bands of mosaic run down both sides of the nave: processions of white-robed saints and virgins walking towards Christ and Mary.
A brief history
Built by the Gothic king Theodoric around 500; the Byzantines later picked out anything that praised him, leaving ghostly hands on the columns.
Tips
- Best time
- Afternoon
- Cost
- On the combined ticket (check)
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Hours
- Usually open daily (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The centre: Piazza del Popolo, Dante's tomb and the churches along Via di Roma; the easy base.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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