Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Ravenna, Italy
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5 km
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Explore Ravenna in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in RavennaIndividual Sights in RavennaSight 1: Chiesa di Santa Eufemia
The church of Sant'Eufemia is a religious building of the city of Ravenna located in via Barbiani, in the city center.
Sight 2: Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo
The Church of Saints John and Paul, also known as the Church of the Guardian Angels, is a Catholic place of worship in the historic center of Ravenna.
Sight 3: Battistero degli Ortodossi
The Baptistery of Neon is a Roman religious building in Ravenna, northeastern Italy. The most ancient monument remaining in the city, it was partly erected on the site of a Roman bath. It is also called the Orthodox Baptistery to distinguish it from the Arian Baptistery constructed on behest of Ostrogothic King Theodoric some 50 years later.
Sight 4: Duomo di Ravenna
Ravenna Cathedral or Metropolitan Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ in the city of Ravenna, Italy. Formerly the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Ravenna, it is now the seat of the archbishops of Ravenna-Cervia.
Sight 5: Cappella Arcivescovile
The Archbishop's Chapel is a chapel on the first floor of the bishops' palace in Ravenna, Italy, the smallest of the famous mosaic sites of the city. It is a private oratory of Trinitarian bishops dating from the turn of the 6th century. Although commonly attributed to St. Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop of Ravenna from 433–450, the chapel was actually built by Peter II shortly after he became archbishop in 495. The mosaics date from the original construction, or soon after.
Sight 6: Chiesa di San Romualdo
The church of San Romualdo is located in the historic center of Ravenna, at the intersection of Via Alfredo Baccarini and Via Nicolò Rondinelli; Closed to worship but not deconsecrated, it falls within the territory of the parish of Sant'Agata Maggiore, of the archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia, but is owned by the municipality.
Sight 7: Museo del TAMO
The Domus del Triclinio is a Roman domus of the 2nd-3rd century BC, discovered in 1980, during the construction of the new headquarters of the Banca Popolare di Ravenna. The house has been reconstructed in its entirety inside the Church of San Nicolò, in an exhibition itinerary consisting of a triclinium dining room, complete with furnishings, together with other materials from Italian archaeological museums.
Sight 8: Porta Sisi
Porta Sisi, formerly also called Porta Ursicina, Sisina, Ausisna, Cisa and, in modern times, Porta Mazzini, is one of the four historic gates of the city of Ravenna and is, together with Porta Adriana, Porta San Mamante and Porta Nuova, in continuous use since its erection.
Sight 9: Sant'Agata Maggiore
The Basilica of Sant'Agata Maggiore is one of the oldest churches in Ravenna, located in the heart of the city, a few steps from the Basilica of San Francesco and Dante's tomb. The church was built in the fifth century, even if the current aspect is due to the restorations of the early twentieth century with which the Church regained its original early Christian forms.
Sight 10: Chiesa di San Carlino
The church of San Carlino is a religious building in the city of Ravenna located in Via Tombesi dall'Ova, near the basilica of Sant'Agata Maggiore.
Sight 11: Basilica di San Francesco
The Basilica of San Francesco is a major church in Ravenna. It was first built in 450 by Neo, bishop of Ravenna, and dedicated to saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was later also known as the Church of the Apostles. In the second half of the 9th century and over the course of the 10th century, the earlier church was demolished to build a larger one and a tall bell tower, both of which survive. This new church was dedicated to Saint Peter and named San Pietro Maggiore. It was handed over to the Franciscans in 1261 and rededicated to Francis of Assisi.
Sight 12: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio
Santa Maria del Suffragio is a Late-Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Serafino Ferruzzi in Ravenna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
Sight 13: Arian Baptistery
The Arian Baptistry in Ravenna, Italy is a Christian baptismal building that was erected by the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great between the end of the 5th century and the beginning of the 6th century A.D., at the same time as the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo.
Sight 14: Chiesa dello Spirito Santo
The church of the Holy Spirit, an ancient cathedral of the Aryan worship erect in the early 6th century by Theodoric, was originally dedicated to the Hagìa Anastasis or to the holy resurrection of the Lord. This dedication is not surprising since it should be remembered that the links between Greece and Ravenna were very alive for centuries during the Byzantine Empire. As for the adjoining baptistery of the Aryans, shortly after the death of Theodoric in 526, it was reconsecrated by the Bishop Lamb to the Catholic worship and dedicated to San Teodoro, a Greek soldier and martyr of Amasea in the Ponto.
Sight 15: Palazzo Fusconi
Palazzo Grossi-Fusconi is located in Ravenna in the Farini district, in Via di Roma.
Sight 16: Teatro Rasi
The Luigi Rasi theatre is a small prose theatre located in the centre of Ravenna. Built in the last decade of the nineteenth century in the former monastic church of Santa Chiara, since 1991 Rasi is home to Ravenna Teatro, a theatre production center founded by theatre companies Teatro delle Albe and Dramatico Vegetale.
Sight 17: Porta Nuova
Porta Nuova, also known as Porta Gregoriana or Porta Pamphilia, is a monumental gate in Ravenna, located at the southern end of Via di Roma, in the southern part of the city.
Sight 18: Santa Maria in Porto
The Basilica of Santa Maria in Porto was an important church in Ravenna, not far from Porta Nuova, on the via Roma, the north–south high street across the historic city centre. It houses the Greek Madonna.
Sight 19: Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista
San Giovanni Evangelista is a church in Ravenna, Italy.
Sight 20: Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
Book Ticket*The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo is a basilica church in Ravenna, Italy. It was erected by the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great as his palace chapel during the first quarter of the 6th century. This Arian church was originally dedicated in 504 AD to "Christ the Redeemer".
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