What to see in Ravenna, itinerary including the main monuments and places of interest in the historic center, including the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia and the Basilica of San Vitale.
Tourist information
Ravenna, capital of the homonymous province in Emilia-Romagna, through its urban branches extends to the Adriatic Sea where the port of Ravenna is located.
The land where the city stands has been torn over the centuries from the marshes, which extended from Ravenna to the Po, which flowed further south than the current course.
In fact, in ancient times, the city was surrounded by water and was accessible only from the sea.
The importance acquired at the time when Ravenna was three times the capital of the western Roman empire, of Theodoric king of the Goths and of the Byzantine empire in Europe, left behind magnificent monuments, of which eight are they have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and has transformed the city into a splendid showcase of Byzantine art, an important destination for cultural tourism.
What see
Precious mosaics dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries are preserved in its historic center, full of precious Roman, Gothic, Byzantine, medieval and Venetian remains.
The elegant and refined examples of early Christian and Byzantine religious buildings declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site are the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Mausoleum of Theodoric, the Neonian Baptistery, the Baptistery of the Arians, the Archiepiscopal Chapel, the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, the Basilica of San Vitale.
In Ravenna there is also the tomb of Dante Alighieri, who found asylum in this city.
