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The sixth-century temple is spectacular, with over 40 halls and pavilions which are joined by ornate catwalks, suspended as if by magic on the face of a sheer limestone cliff.
East of the city center, the early sixth-century church of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo was built by the Christianized Ostrogoth king Theodoric.
It was sixth-century barbarians who commandeered the massive round brick pile as a fortress, using ancient statues as missiles to hurl on the heads of their enemies below.
The museum’s highlight is a life-size, sixth-century b.c. terracotta sculpture of a reclining couple that was used as the lid of a sarcophagus.
Among the celebrated sights are the Valley of the Stone Sutra, where sixth-century Buddhists carved the text of the Diamond Sutra into a smooth stream bed; the pine tree that sheltered the first emperor on his climb; and a final ladder of 2,000 stone steps leading to the Pavilion That Touches the Sky.