Ravenna, City of Mosaics
Everyone knows that Ravenna is home to the remains of Dante Alighieri, but the Supreme Poet was not the only one to enjoy the splendours of the city: Lord Byron, Gustav Klimt, Oscar Wilde, Sigmund Freud and many others walked the streets and lanes of this city in Romagna to enjoy it historical and artistic beauty.
Standing out in particular is its rich heritage of mosaics, created between the 5th and 6th centuries AD and housed in splendid early-Christian and Byzantine religious buildings, now UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
A visit could begin at the Basilica of San Vitale, which features the beautiful mosaics that narrate the origins of Christianity and that host the famous panels portraying Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora, perhaps the most famous image of Ravenna around the world.
Visitors should also not miss the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Arian and Neonian Baptisteries, the Basilicas of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo and in Classe, the Archbishop’s Chapel and the Mausoleum of Theodoric.
With its faraway, mystical and sublime aura, visitors to Ravenna will be able to admire an intense and unique form of art, which can be found in this ancient capital like nowhere else in the world.
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