Archbishop's Chapel, Ravenna

The Bishop's Chapel in the Archbishop's palace of Ravenna (now archiepiscopal museum) houses some of the most important mosaics of the city. She was the private oratory of Trinitarian bishops since the beginning of the 6th century. It is usually attributed to Peter Chrysologus, who was archbishop of Ravenna 433-450, but it was only built by Peter II, who held office 494-519.

The chapel is located at ground level and of cruciform layout. The mosaics have been made ​​in the construction or soon thereafter. Today, the chapel is dedicated to the Apostle Andrew, she was however originally dedicated to Jesus Christ. This testifies to the lunette above the door to the vestibule, is shown on the Christ in the garb of a Roman general, as he steps on a snake and a lion. The lower parts of the walls are clad with marble slabs. The rest of the interior of the chapel was lined with rich mosaics in the style of tapestries, which are preserved in the vault, but were otherwise replaced in the 16th century by the Mannerist painter Luca Longhi by tempera paintings.

In the evaluation of the chapel as a UNESCO World Heritage Site by the ICOMOS states: "The importance of this building lies in the fact that it has been preserved as a single private early Christian oratory to this day. His iconography is important because of its strong anti- Arian symbolism. "