The mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a building that was constructed in the second quarter of the 5th century. According to tradition, Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius, regent of the Western Roman Empire for her son Valentinian III, had this mausoleum built for herself, her husband Constantius III and her brother Honorius. However, this tradition is not confirmed by documentary evidence. According to another version, probably a legend, Galla's body, embalmed at her express wish, was brought back to Ravenna and placed in a sarcophagus in the mausoleum where, for more than a millennium, it could be observed through a slit until one day, in 1577, a careless visitor, in order to get a better look, brought the candle too close to the empress's clothes, setting everything on fire.