Mosaics of Ravenna to go on display in Czech Republic

(AGI) Prague, July 6 - The Mosaics of Ravenna are due to go onshow in Pilsen, in the Czech Republic. The artistic heritage ofthe Emilia-Romagna city will be on display at Pilsen Region'sLibrary for Education and Research. The exhibition, which willstay open to the public until Sept. 3, was organised with thehelp of Ravenna City Council and the Italian Cultural Institutein Prague. The mosaics on display are copies, absolutelyfaithful to the original, made in the 1950s and taken from theMausoleum of Galla Placidia, from the Basilica of San Vitale,from Sant'Apollinare Nuovo and Sant'Apollinare in Classe, fromthe Baptistry of Neon and from the Archbishop's Chapel. "We arevery pleased that Italy will present the exceptional artisticheritage of Ravenna in Pilsen, the 2015 European Capital ofCulture," commented Italian ambassador, Aldo Amati, and theInstitute's director, Giovanni Scioli. "We are sure that thisexhibition - with its sequel which we will host in Prague -will reveal to a wide Czech public that priceless kaleidoscopeof unique images represented by the Mosaics of Ravenna, addinga further element to the cooperation between Italy and theCzech Republic in the field of art and culture," they added.(AGI). .