Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe

Basilica of Saint Apollinaris in Classe Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe
The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia
Region	Emilia-Romagna
Year consecrated	549
Location
Location	Classe, Ravenna, Italy
Shown within Italy
Geographic coordinates	44°22′49″N 12°13′59″E / 44.3802738°N 12.2330015°E / 44.3802738; 12.2330015
Architecture
Style	Byzantine architecture
Groundbreaking	Early 6th century
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iii, iv
Designated	1996 (20th session)
Reference no.	788
State Party	Italy
Region	Europe and North America

The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe ("Saint Apollinaris in Classe") is a church in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, consecrated on 9 May 549 by the bishop Maximian and dedicated to Saint Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna and Classe.

An important monument of Byzantine art, in 1996 it was inscribed with seven other nearby monuments in the UNESCO World Heritage List, which described it as "an outstanding example of the early Christian basilica in its purity and simplicity of its design and use of space and in the sumptuous nature of its decoration".