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Ravenna<br> Sightseeing in Verona picture - A culture in transition. This carved marble casket is constructed in typical late Roman style, but gone are the classical allegories, replaced now with Christian symbolism - the Chi-Rho symbol (wreated in the pagan olive wreath) and the lambs, symbolising Jesus. There are several such caskets around the grounds of San Vitale.
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A culture in transition. This carved marble casket is constructed in typical late Roman style, but gone are the classical allegories, replaced now with Christian symbolism - the Chi-Rho symbol (wreated in the pagan olive wreath) and the lambs, symbolising Jesus. There are several such caskets around the grounds of San Vitale.
Western Europe
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image -- 1200 x 794)