Altar in Sant Apollinare

Altar in Sant Apollinare

Medallion with a haloed portrait of Christ

Numerous marble sarcophagi (from 5th to the 8th century) stand in the two aisles

On the sides, immersed in a group of many coloured clouds, there are the symbols of the Evangelists

The flock is symbolised by twelve sheep in a vast floral valley surmounted by a symbolic representation of Transfiguration

The interior is divided into the nave and two aisles which maintains the fascination of its ancient splendour

There are twenty-four columns of Greek marble with transversal veining