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DRIVE 13
Milan
Turin
IT AL Y
Genoa
Florence
Perugia
Rome
The Po Delta
Ferrara to
Ravenna
Highlights
• Courtly capital
Explore Ferrara’s Renaissance palazzos,
medieval churches and magnificent
castles, built by its powerful d’Este rulers
• The mighty Po
Follow Italy’s longest river as it heads
to the sea over rich alluvial plains,
reclaimed since Roman times
• The lagoons of Comacchio
Discover these superb wetlands, an
important sanctuary and breeding
ground for migrating water birds
• Byzantine majesty
Feast your eyes on splendid Ravenna
– the last great capital of the Roman
empire – rich in glittering mosaics
Mosaics inside the Presbytery of the Basilica
di San Vitale, Ravenna
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