Ravenna
RAVENNA INTRODUCTION
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Just think that until about 3,000 years ago this area consisted only of islets surrounded by the sea. Then came the Romans who, in addition to building connecting bridges, established the Port of...
THE WONDERS OF LOCAL CUISINE
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Thinking of Romagna immediately brings to mind the undisputed star of the table: the piadina! This simple and tasty traditional flatbread is made with a just a few ingredients: water, flour and lard...
BASILICA DI SAN VITALE
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Just imagine, its inauguration dates as far back as 548. It was Bishop Ecclesius who wanted its construction, but it was his successor Maximian who saw the completion of the monumental work. In those...
MAUSOLEUM OF GALLA PLACIDIA
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But who was Galla Placidia? Let's say her resume is impressive: daughter of Emperor Theodosius I, sister of Emperor Honorius, queen of the Visigoths and finally mother of Emperor Valentinian III and...
ARCHIEPISCOPAL MUSEUM AND CHAPEL OF ST. ANDREW
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The building stands just behind the Metropolitan Cathedral of Ravenna, built in 1732 in the area where the Basilica Ursiana had been built almost 12 centuries earlier.
The original basilica was named...
NEONIAN BAPTISTERY OR ORTHODOX BAPTISTERY
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It is interesting to note that the small temple, built on a much older Roman building, had been used as a baptistery a few decades earlier by Bishop Orso. From the outside, the building is simple,...
BASILICA OF SANT'APOLLINARE NUOVO
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King Theodoric built the basilica as a palatine chapel, since his royal palace stood next to it, but when his reign ended, the church was first consecrated to St. Martin and then to St. Apollinaris,...
MAUSOLEUM OF THEODORIC
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Flavius Theodoric was the son of the king of the Ostrogoths, Theodemiros, who in 461, had allied himself with the Eastern Roman emperor Leo the Great. You should know that in those days, when...
ARIAN BAPTISTERY
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As you can see, the Baptistery is more than two meters lower than street level due to the phenomenon of subsidence, that is, the sinking of the floor, which has affected several areas of the city in...
BASILICA OF SANT'APOLLINARE IN CLASSE
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Its designation "in Classe," which distinguishes it from the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo of the same name, is related to its location. In fact, it was built in the 6th century...
DANTE'S TOMB AND NEARBY SITES
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It is important to note that for political reasons the poet had to flee into exile from Florence as early as 1302. After living in several cities, he chose to spend the last years of his life here in...
DOMUS OF THE STONE CARPETS
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Many rooms were discovered inside: some for official purposes, others reserved only for family members or important guests, as well as corridors, areas that served as hallways between rooms, and...
LEANING CIVIC TOWER
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It is the Civic Tower, a building that hides a distant past in its foundation.
In fact, the lowest part may date as far back as the 6th century AD.
This was discovered during technical excavations...
