Places to explore in Ravenna
Build real days in Ravenna from a broader mix of sights, museums, architecture, parks, markets, neighbourhoods, and food stops from the existing Sortie inventory.
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Archiepiscopal Museum of Ravenna
The Archiepiscopal Museum of Ravenna is a museum in Ravenna whose origins date to 1734. Its long institutional history makes it a relevant stop for visitors exploring the city’s museum landscape and historic cultural institutions.
Arian Baptistry
The Arian Baptistry is a historic Christian building in Ravenna dating to the early fifth century. Visitors encounter one of the city’s oldest religious landmarks, a tangible reminder of Ravenna’s early Christian past.
Baptistry of Neon
The Baptistry of Neon is an early fifth-century baptistery in Ravenna. As a purpose-built Christian landmark with roots in late antiquity, it offers visitors direct contact with the city’s exceptionally long religious history.
Basilica of San Vitale
The Basilica of San Vitale is a minor basilica in Ravenna dating to around 550. Its sixth-century origins make it a significant historic religious landmark and a direct encounter with the city’s late-antique heritage.
Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe is a Byzantine-style minor basilica in Ravenna dating to around 550. Visitors encounter a sixth-century religious landmark whose architectural identity reflects Ravenna’s Byzantine heritage.
Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo is a church building in Ravenna dating to approximately 505. Its early sixth-century origin makes it an important stop for visitors tracing the city’s late-antique Christian landscape.
Architecture and landmarks
Biblioteca comunale Classense
Biblioteca comunale Classense is a public library in Ravenna founded in 1803. It represents more than two centuries of civic learning and offers visitors a cultural landmark beyond the city’s churches and archaeological sites.
Brancaleone Fortress
Brancaleone Fortress is a rocca, or fortified stronghold, in Ravenna dating to 1450. Its fifteenth-century military character gives visitors a contrasting perspective on the city beyond its better-known religious landmarks.
Cavallo di Mimmo Paladino
Cavallo di Mimmo Paladino is a sculpture by Italian artist Mimmo Paladino in Ravenna. Visitors encounter a work of modern public art that adds a contemporary artistic presence to the city’s historic urban landscape.
church of Saint-Croce
The church of Saint-Croce is a church building in Ravenna dating to 1602. Its early seventeenth-century origin places it within a later chapter of the city’s long religious history and makes it a distinct historic landmark.
Civitas Classis
Civitas Classis is the site of Ravenna’s ancient port. It connects visitors with the maritime dimension of the historic city, presenting a place whose significance lies in Ravenna’s former relationship with seaborne movement and exchange.
Classis Ravenna - Museo della Città e del Territorio
Classis Ravenna - Museo della Città e del Territorio is a museum in the Ravenna area established in 2018. Its identity as a city-and-territory museum makes it a useful cultural stop for understanding Ravenna in its broader local setting.
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Biblioteca comunale Classense
Biblioteca comunale Classense is a public library in Ravenna founded in 1803. It represents more than two centuries of civic learning and offers visitors a cultural landmark beyond the city’s churches and archaeological sites.
Brancaleone Fortress
Brancaleone Fortress is a rocca, or fortified stronghold, in Ravenna dating to 1450. Its fifteenth-century military character gives visitors a contrasting perspective on the city beyond its better-known religious landmarks.
Cavallo di Mimmo Paladino
Cavallo di Mimmo Paladino is a sculpture by Italian artist Mimmo Paladino in Ravenna. Visitors encounter a work of modern public art that adds a contemporary artistic presence to the city’s historic urban landscape.
church of Saint-Croce
The church of Saint-Croce is a church building in Ravenna dating to 1602. Its early seventeenth-century origin places it within a later chapter of the city’s long religious history and makes it a distinct historic landmark.
Civitas Classis
Civitas Classis is the site of Ravenna’s ancient port. It connects visitors with the maritime dimension of the historic city, presenting a place whose significance lies in Ravenna’s former relationship with seaborne movement and exchange.
Classis Ravenna - Museo della Città e del Territorio
Classis Ravenna - Museo della Città e del Territorio is a museum in the Ravenna area established in 2018. Its identity as a city-and-territory museum makes it a useful cultural stop for understanding Ravenna in its broader local setting.
Colonna dei Francesi
The Colonna dei Francesi is a monument in Ravenna dating to 1550. This sixteenth-century column gives visitors a compact historic landmark and a visible point of connection with the city’s post-medieval past.
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri is a street-art composition in Ravenna by Eduardo Kobra. Visitors encounter a contemporary artistic interpretation of Dante in the urban setting, linking a modern visual work with a figure named in its title.
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