The Euphrasian Basilica stands in Porec, on the Istrian coast of Croatia, and is one of the best-preserved early Christian churches on the Mediterranean. It was built in the sixth century under Bishop Euphrasius, when the region was part of the Byzantine sphere, on the site of an earlier basilica and Roman buildings whose remains can still be seen beside it. The church is famous for its gold-ground mosaics, especially those in the apse, which show the Virgin and Child, angels, saints and the bishop himself holding a model of his church. The complex includes an atrium, a baptistery and a bishop's palace. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1997.
Before and after
- from November 542 CE to March 543 CESiege of Naples
- 6th centuryConstruction of Basilica of San Vitale
- from 552 CE to 657 CEGöktürks
- July 552 CEBattle of Taginae
- 553 CEConstruction of Euphrasian Basilica
- 14 November 565 CEDeath of Justinian I
- from 568 CE to 751 CEByzantine–Lombard Wars
- 20 April 571 CEBirth of Muhammad
- from 572 CE to 591 CEByzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591
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The era
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