DISCOVERING AND PRESERVING THE MILITARY LANDSCAPE. ICT FOR THE GERMAN BUNKERS OF THE GALLA PLACIDIA LINE by C. Mariotti, A. Ugolini, A. Zampini

“…It describes an interpretation and communication project for a military landscape built during World War II by the German troops. Known as Galla Placidia Line, it was a network of heterogeneous fortifications like bunkers, defensive emplacements and dragon’s teeth erected between Pesaro and Ravenna along the coasts of Emilia Romagna.…”
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The German Bunker Built to Defend the Linea Galla Placidia. Preserving a Forgotten Heritage by Chiara Mariotti, Andrea Ugolini, Alessia Zampini

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Recensione del volume di Jeroen W. P. Wijnendaele, The Last of the Romans: Bonifatius - Warlord and comes Africae, Bloomsbury: London - New Delhi - New York - Sydney 2015; 182 p.;... by Antonio Ibba

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THE DRAWN LIGHT IN BYZANTIUM by Aurelio Vallespín Muniesa

“…In order to achieve that, musive artisans developed and perfected their techniques to obtain some varied and complex light effects, such as can be seen in the mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, where mosaics interact with the spatial structure of the temple, favouring a transcendent experience for the visitor.…”
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San Lorenzo and the Poggendorff Illusion in Ravenna by Olga Daneyko, Natale Stucchi, Daniele Zavagno

“…In the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia (Ravenna, Italy), the San Lorenzo lunette shows two peculiar visual effects: a transparency effect of gold seen through gold and perceptual collinearity between two parts of a cross which are physically misaligned. …”
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Province of Dalmatia in the First Half of the 5th Century by Bego Omerčević

“…This situation would last until 437, when the province of Dalmatia, at the discretion of Galla Placidia, was ceded to the eastern part of the Roman Empire. …”
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The Gold in the Mosaics of Ravenna by Cetty MUSCOLINO

“…From the frst monuments (Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Battistero Neoniano) to the second (Battistero Ariano, Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, San Vitale) we can see a change signifcative and interesting, from the nature represented in all her splendor and naturalism, (acanthus plants, foral candelabras, gardens of plants and fowers, viridarium, (herbs garden), we step by step leave the azure and the blue of the sky to pass to mosaics with golden background. …”
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