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San Giovanni Battista, Ravenna

Ravenna, Italy · built 1650

San Giovanni Battista is a baroque church in the historic center of Ravenna, Italy, built in 1689 by Pietro Grossi. The church here, a three-nave basilica, was built in the 6th century. In 1688, it was strongly damaged by an earthquake, demolished, and a new building was constructed in the same place. Parts of the apse of the old building survived, as well as the bell-tower built in the 9th-10th centuries.

Church data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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