San Giovanni Battista, Ravenna

San Giovanni Battista is a baroque church in the historic center of Ravenna, Italy, built in 1689 by Pietro Grossi.[1][2]

The facade of the church and the bell-tower

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.[2]

References
  1. Nanni, Francesco (1821). Il forestiere in Ravenna (in Italian). Vol. 4. Antonio Roveri e figli.
  2. "San Giovanni Battista" (in Italian). Lions Club Ravenna Host. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

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