Ravenna

Ravenna (locally called Ravèna) is a city of 154 thousand¹ within its eponymous province of the Emilia-Romagna (locally Emélia-Rumâgna) Region of Italia.² It is a former seaport, now inland (though connected to the Adriatic by a canal). UNESCO honors eight buildings, together constituting a World Heritage Site, and all dating from the 5th to 6th centuries CE. The Neonian Baptistery is 'the finest and most complete example of an early-Christian baptistery' and the Mausoleum of Theodoric 'is the only surviving tomb of a barbarian king of this period.'³

External references

Christian-themed mosaic from the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna city, Ravenna Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italia

Footnotes

1. 2011 figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Italy, accessed February 16, 2017.
2. Italy in English.
3. UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010). The set comprises the above-mentioned mausoleum and baptistery, plus: the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia; the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo; the Arian Baptistery; the Archiepiscopal Chapel; the Church of San Vitale and the Basilica of Sant'Apolinare in Classe.