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FIGURE 14.16 Mausoleum of Theoderic, exterior, Ravenna
Photo by Mark Johnson
an entrance (Figure 14.17). Inside the plan is cruciform creating rectangular
niches on the north, east, and south. The second level is set back from the
lower one, creating a ledge. Its plan is dodecagonal externally and internally
circular with a door directly above that of the lower level on the west and a
small niche that protrudes on the east. The interior is also circular.