The Church of ST. Michele in Africisco in Ravenna, early Christian basilica of the Justinian Age, was built in accordance with Giuliano Argentario, functionary of the Byzantine court, in honor of the Archangel Michael.
The church was opened in 545 and consacreted in 547 by the Archbishop Massimiano. In 1805, after the Napoleon’s taking of the city, it has been deconsacrated. The apsidal mosaic was sold and the building structurally altered.
Thanks to the historical-iconographical reconstructions and shootings of Ravenna and Berlin, this video-document allows you to admire and know this church, which is now very different from its original structure, but still remains an important aspect of the history of Ravenna.
Produced by
Centro Internazionale di Documentazione sul Mosaico
Museo d’Arte della città di Ravenna
Comune di Ravenna
With the contribution of
Fondazione del Monte in Bologna and Ravenna
Direction and visual design
Francesco Borghesi
Video production
p-bart.com
Executive producer
Massimiliano Borghesi
Realized in collaboration with
Bode Museum in Berlino, Museo Nazionale in Ravenna, Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio of the cities of di Ravenna, Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena and Rimini, Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell’Emilia Romagna, Istituzione Biblioteca Classense