- The Florence Baptistery is another religious bascila, and it happens to take an octagonal shape
-The Florence Baptistery is also filled with religious artworks
- Uses pictorial representation to inspire pious emotion and behavior in the people entering the church
-The Sistine Chapel, in a similar way to San Vitale, uses its placement of art creatively, with ceilings and other features being painted upon.
-Both made by the Byzantines, use holiness and mosaic imagery with tall architecture and arches.