The original Ravenna is found as a pavement labyrinth in the Basilica San Vitale in Ravenna Italy. There's also a smaller version in Rome, laid into the tile floor of the Papal quarters.

It has really interesting rythm to it, as one goes straight into the center and then walks the path gradually moving out and back in again. It's built on a slight hill, higher at the car, lower to the bottom left corner of the image. When you first walk in, that straight path is down hill. The consciousness of this pattern comes on immediately.

I first laid it out on paper in July of 2001. I dowsed the 'best' place for the center and the mouth. I marked the center with a steel stake. Finally, a chain with the proper dimensions marked out on it was connected to the stake. My trusty weed eater made short work of the long grass.

I used a weed eater for the first mowing because I knew I could cut the paths very precisely with it. I also planned the paths to be 22 inches wide and the walls about 8 inches wide. When I mow the path now with my 22 inch wide lawn mower it's easy to stay on the path!