Picture this… It’s 540 A.D., you live in Ravenna Italy, and the town you live is crawling with barbarians. However, a new emperor from the East comes to bring stability. 1,400 years ago, a church established by the Justinian Empire still remains there to this day! I went to that church today! This is my story. (Sorry I am a few days late on posting my blogL)

I inhaled the air in the large church as I took a step foreword into its dark chamber. My jaw about hit the ground as I saw the ginormous size of the room! One thing I noticed is that the ceiling was covered with pictures, but I also saw that the pictures had gaps in between each color change. I asked my dad what the gaps were, and he said that it was a mosaic picture.  Then, I walked away as if I knew what mosaic meant. A few minutes after staring up at Jesus and the cross, I strolled up to my mom, and asked her what a mosaic was. She told me that mosaic is a picture, design, or pattern that has a couple of different color materials, such as tiles, or glass for example each about the size of a fingernail. That’s what the gaps were! I was amazed by the perimeter of the ceiling! How was it possible for the people 1,400 years ago, to make a mosaic picture this big? 

After we left the church, we decided to visit the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. I couldn’t take it in that little room! It was so small, and stuffed with people, I couldn’t breath! That figures that the church is one of the biggest rooms I’ve ever seen, and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia right next to it, was one of the smallest things I’ve ever seen! Anyhow, what I did notice when I was in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, is that all the windows, were covered with a thin layer with marble. Red marble! That’s why the room was half red! I knew there was a picture of something underneath the window, but someone’s head was in the way, so I couldn’t see. It was pretty dark in there, and I could see something made out of concrete. “Wait, that almost looks like a- OH NO!!! IT IS!!!! IT’S A TOMBSTONE!!!!” I screamed in my head. “D-D-DAD.” I stammered. “W-W-Why are there tombstones in here?” “Because there are some very important people in those tombs.” I gasped. I got out of there as fast as I could to see about 50 more unburied tombstones outside! And guess what? ONE OF THEM WAS OPEN!!!!  Do I dare?  I thought to myself. Yes! Do it to prove to yourself that you are brave!  I tiptoed up to the tomb, and peeked over the edge. I expected to see bones, but I saw moss, and weeds instead. I was relived. I thought that I would see a real dead body!

So now you know some of the history about the old church, and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. So you’d better hurry, the tombstones are waiting for you!

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