It has a unique collection of early Christian mosaics and monuments. All eight buildings – the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Neonian Baptistery, the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, the Arian ...

it is still called the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, even though she was never buried there. Meanwhile, some 200 miles south in Rome, relics of Placidia’s era are scattered through the city ...