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A Tour of Ravenna

Ravenna rose to power in the 1st century BC
under the Emperor Augustus, who built a
port and naval base at nearby Classe,
currently the site of a major excavation
project. As Rome’s power declined, Ravenna
was made the capital of the Western Empire
(AD 402), a role it retained during the 2 The Good Shepherd
Ostrogoth and Byzantine rule in the 5th This mosaic adorns the tiny Mausoleo di Galla
Placidia. Begun in 430, this exquisite building
and 6th centuries. Ravenna is renowned for probably never received the remains of Placidia,
its early Christian mosaics – the town had wife of a barbarian emperor.
converted to Christianity in the 2nd century
AD. The mosaics span the years of Roman
and Byzantine rule, offering comparisons Mausoleo di
Mausoleo di
Galla Placidia
between Classically inspired designs and Galla Placidia
later Byzantine motifs.
V I A P I E R T R A V E R S A R I
V I A R O C C A A L F O S
Museo
Museo
Nazionale V I A P I E T R O A L I G H I E R I R I V I A P. G H I S E L L I L I V I A R O C C A A L F O S S I S I
Nazionale
V I A P I E T R O A L I G H I E
V I A P. G H I S E L
San San V I A P I E R T R A V E R S A R I
V I A S A L A R A
VIA G ALLA
VIA G ALLA V IA GA M B A V I A S A L A R A VIA ZANZANIGOLA
V I A U G O B A S
Vitale
Vitale V IA GA M B A VIA ZANZANIGOLA V I A U G O B A S S I S I
VIA GIROLAMO ROSSI
VIA G. ARGENTARIO VIA PONTE MARINO VIA GIROLAMO ROSSI
BOLGNA
BOLGNA V I A S A N V I TA L E V I A D I R O M A VI A L UI GI R AVA
FERRARA
FERRARA VIA G. ARGENTARIO
V I A S A N V I TA L E
V I A D I R O M A
VI A L UI GI R AVA
Stazione
Stazione
Covered
Covered
VIA PONTE MARINO
130m (150 yards)
VIA PAO LO COS
Market
Market VIA PAO LO COSTA TA Basilica dello 130m (150 yards)
Basilica dello
Spirito Santo
Spirito Santo MAMELI
PIAZZA
PIAZZA
PIAZZA
V IA C. C ATTA NEO VI A C . M OR GI A VI A F. M OR D A NI NI VIA G. MATTEOTTI A. COSTA V I A X I I I G I U G N O V I A A R M A N D O D I A Z Z VIA LUIGI CARLO FARINI INI
PIAZZA
V IA C. C ATTA NEO
V I A C A M I L LO C A V O U
MAMELI
V I A C A M I L LO C A V O U R R
A. COSTA
VIA LUIGI CARLO FAR
V I A G I U S E P P E PA S O L I N I
V I A G I U S E P P E PA S O L I N I
VIA G. MATTEOTTI
VIA IV NOVEMBRE
VIA IV NOVEMBRE
Battistero
Battistero
degli Ariani
degli Ariani
VI A C . M OR GI A
V I A A R M A N D O D I A
VI A F. M OR D A
V I A X I I I G I U G N O
V I A G . C A R D U C
V IA L U C A LON G H I I
PIAZZA
V IA L U C A LON G H
PIAZZA
DEL POPOLO
PIAZZA
PIAZZA
XX SETTEMBRE
V I A A . M A R I A
V I A IX FEB B RAI
V I A Z I R AR DI N
V I A Z I R AR DI N I I
PIAZZA
GARIBALDI
GARIBALDI
1 San Vitale V I A M AS S IM O D ' AZ EG LI O V I A IX FEB B RAI O O XX SETTEMBRE DEL POPOLO PIAZZA V I A A . M A R I A N I N I V I A D I R O M A V I A G . C A R D U C C I C I
V I A G I O A C C H I N O R A S P O N
San Vitale’s apse mosaics (526–547) show Christ, San VI A M ENTA NA VIA CAIROLI Museo
V I A D I R O M A
Museo
V I A G O R D I
Vitale (being handed a martyr’s crown), two angels and KENNEDY V I A G O R D I N I N I Dantesco Sant'Apollinare
V I A M AS S IM O D ' AZ EG LI O
PIAZZA
PIAZZA
Dantesco
KENNEDY
Sant'Apollinare
VIA GARATONI
VIA GARATONI VIA R. GESSI VI A C . R IC C I VIA ALIGHIERI Tomba di Dante PORZIOL I NO VICOLO Palazzo
VIA CAIROLI
Bishop Ecclesius, who began the church (see pp54–5). V I A G I O A C C H I N O R A S P O N I I VIA BOCACCIO VI A F. NE GR I R I Nuovo
Nuovo
VI A F. NE G
VI A M ENTA NA
VIA R. GESSI
VIA BOCACCIO
V I A FA N T U Z ZI
V I A FA N T U Z ZI
Palazzo
Tomba di Dante
V I A A L B E R O
VIA ALIGHIERI
di Teodorico
di Teodorico
RIMINI
PORZIOL
LARGO
FIRENZE
FIRENZE
PIAZZA
VICOLO I NO
VI A C . R IC C I
PIAZZA
SAN SAN
PIAZZA V I A G U I D O N E PIAZZA LARGO RIMINI V I A A L B E R O N I N I
Tower
San San
FRANCESCO
DEL DUOMO
DEL DUOMO Tower FRANCESCO Francesco
Battistero
Battistero VIA A. GUERRINI Francesco
V I A G U I D O N E
Neoniano
VI A G . GU AC CIM AN
Neoniano
Duomo
VIA A. GUERRINI
PIAZZA
Duomo PIAZZA VI A G . GU AC CIM ANNI NI
CADUTI
CADUTI
PIAZZA
PIAZZA
ARCIVESCOVADO
ARCIVESCOVADO
Museo
Museo
Arcivescovile
Arcivescovile
3 Baptism of Jesus
The 5th-century Battistero Neoniano (Neonian
Baptistry) is named after the bishop who may have
commissioned its decoration, including this beautiful
mosaic. It was built near the remains of a Roman
bathhouse and is Ravenna’s oldest monument.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp569–73 and pp590–96
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