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| Location | Ravenna, Italy |
| Part of | Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna |
| Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv |
| Reference | 788-007 |
| Inscription | 1996 (20thSession) |
| Area | 0.014 ha |
| Buffer zone | 21.6 ha |
| Coordinates | 44°25′30″N12°12′33″E / 44.42500°N 12.20917°E /44.42500; 12.20917 |
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TheMausoleum of Theodoric (Italian:Mausoleo di Teodorico) is an ancient monument just outsideRavenna,Italy. It was built in AD 520 byTheodoric the Great, king of theOstrogoths, as his future tomb.[1]
The mausoleum's current structure consists of twodecagonal orders, one above the other, made ofIstrian stone sourced from a quarry approximately 400 kilometres (249 mi) away by land journey. The mausoleum's roof consists of asingle carved stone 10 metres (33 ft) in diameter weighing 230 tonnes. A niche leads down to a room that was probably a chapel for funeralliturgies; an external stair leads to the upper floor. Located in the centre of the upper floor is a fragmentary ancient Romanporphyry tub, likely from a bath complex, in which Theodoric was buried. His remains were removed duringByzantine rule, when the mausoleum was turned into aChristianoratory. In the late 19th century, silting from a nearby rivulet that had partly submerged the mausoleum was drained and excavated.
It was inscribed with seven other "Early Christian Monuments and Mosaics of Ravenna" buildings as one of theUNESCOWorld Heritage Sites in 1996. According to theICOMOS evaluation, "the significance of the mausoleum lies in its Gothic style and decoration, which owe nothing toRoman or Byzantine art, although it makes use of the Roman stone construction technique ofopus quadratum, which had been abandoned four centuries before" and in the fact that "it is the only surviving example of a tomb of a king of this period."[2]
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