Today I'm posting towers from Ravenna in Italy. This city was the second most important city in the Byzantine world in the 5th and 6th centuries and still has many churches from that period, with stunning mosaics. many of the churches acquired bell towers (campaniles) in the 9th to 11th centuries
The ancient churches of Ravenna
1 -3 Basilica of San Giovanni Evangelista
4 & 5 San Apollinare Nuovo. This has some of the best mosaics
6 Base of the tower in 4
7 & 8 Santa Maria Maggiore
9 San Giovanni Battista, with a rather incongruous later Baroque facade