Date selection [Mausoleo di Teodorico] - Fondazione RavennAntica

From Monday to Thursday 8.30am – 1.30pm (last admission at 1pm)​
From Friday to Sunday 8.30am – 4.30pm (last admission at 4pm)

Access: In order to verify your ticket, you need to present yourself at the ticket office.

Any reductions will be verified at the entrance.

The mausoleum has been included in the UNESCO list of Italian World Heritage Sites since 1996.
Built by Theodoric himself in 520 A.D. as his own burial place, the Mausoleum, entirely made of blocks of Istrian stone, is divided into two superimposed orders, both decagonal.
Above the Mausoleum stands a large monolithic dome whose dimensions are surprising: 10.76 m in diameter and 3.09 m in height. The weight, according to recent calculations, reaches 230 tons.
A niche leads to the lower order whose destination, it is presumed, was that of a cruciform chapel, originally used for liturgical services. The upper compartment is accessed through a small external staircase.
Here there is a basin of porphyry in which it is presumed that Theodoric himself was buried, whose remains were removed during the Byzantine dominion, following Justinian's edict in 561, when the mausoleum was transformed into an oratory and consecrated to Orthodox worship.

Only the lower cell of the mausoleum is accessible to people with motor disabilities.

How to get there:
By car: Bus and car parking. Mini parking area
By bus: bus line no. 2-5.

Visit the website Mausoleo di Teodorico