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We are in the municipality of Ravenna, about 10 km from the city center, but the landscape couldn't be more different!
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Piazza del Popolo
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The square changed its name several times over the centuries and the current name is due to 1946, the year in which Italy chose the republic instead of the monarchy.
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Mausoleo di Galla Placidia
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The exterior of the mausoleum appears rather bare, but you will find the real wonder inside!
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Basilica di San Vitale
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The building is considered one of the best examples of Byzantine art in Italy and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Museo Nazionale di Ravenna
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The building that houses the museum is the former Benedictine monastery of San Vitale, right next to the basilica of the same name.
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Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra
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It is a complex of housing structures dating from the Roman Republican age to the Byzantine period.
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The interior is now a modern commercial space with retail stalls, two restaurants and also taste laboratories to taste the various excellences of Romagna.
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Battistero degli Ariani
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The baptistery was once decidedly more imposing, but unfortunately the progressive sinking of the ground has exceeded two meters over the centuries.
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Mausoleo di Teodorico
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Inside you will find the red porphyry basin in which, in ancient times, Theodoric's remains were placed.
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Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
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The current name is due to the fact that, in the 9th century, the relics of Sant'Apollinare, previously preserved in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, were transferred there.
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Dante's Tomb
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Dante's remains have been requested for centuries by the Florentines and have also escaped the destruction of the two world wars.
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Basilica di San Francesco
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Under the church there is a crypt, built between the 9th and 10th centuries, partially flooded, which can be reached by a double flight of stairs.
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Battistero Neoniano (Battistero degli Ortodossi)
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The name derives from the fact that it is opposed to the Arian baptistery, a Christian doctrine considered heretical.
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Duomo di Ravenna
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Of the ancient church you can still admire the bell tower, with its characteristic cylindrical shape.
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Archiepiscopal Museum
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The highlight of the museum is certainly the chair of Bishop Maximian, a throne made of ebony and covered in ivory, probably made in Constantinople in the 6th century.
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Cappella Arcivescovile Di Sant'andrea
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The final point of the visit to the archiepiscopal museum is the Archiepiscopal Chapel, or Chapel of St. Andrew, which is located on the first floor of the building.
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Basilica Di Sant'Apollinare In Classe
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Consecrated in 549, it is dedicated to the first bishop of Ravenna and martyr Saint Apollinare, whose remains have been preserved here for centuries.