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WALKING > Ravenna Urban Trek
Ravenna Urban Trek
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Ravenna Urban Trek
Mausoleo di Teodorico
Museo Dantesco
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km: 9,6
difference in altitude: flat land
category: walking
track: asphalt
Departure:
Piazza del Popolo, Ravenna
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Route details
Piazza del Popolo - Via Cavour – Via D’Azeglio – Via Mazzini – Via Serra – Via di Roma – Darsena – Parco Teodorico – Parco Rocca Brancaleone – Via Farini
km: 9,6
difference in altitude: flat land
category: walking
track: asphalt
Departure:
Piazza del Popolo, Ravenna
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Route details
Piazza del Popolo - Via Cavour – Via D’Azeglio – Via Mazzini – Via Serra – Via di Roma – Darsena – Parco Teodorico – Parco Rocca Brancaleone – Via Farini
A route in the town centre, where there is a high concentration of Unesco World Heritage Sites, a thematization of history, art and culture in one of the most beautiful towns in Italy, three times capital: of the Western Roman Empire, the Ostrogothic Kingdom and the Byzantine Exarchate.
Not to be missed:
exploring Ravenna on foot and visiting the most important sights in a few kilometres is made even more pleasant by walking through the greenery in the main town parks.
PLACES OF INTEREST
1 - The Basilica of San Vitale and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
These two adjacent sites represent two treasure chests which enshrine the highest expressions of Byzantine mosaic art.
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2 - The Domus of the Stone Carpets
A recent archaeological site, it used to be a lordly Byzantine palace and is structured in fourteen rooms and three courtyards entirely decorated with wonderful mosaics and marble inlays. The fourteen mosaic floorings are decorated with geometric, vegetal and figurative elements, for an overall area of 700 sq m.
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3 - The Neonian Baptistery
The most ancient monumental work in the town of Ravenna and the best conserved baptistery in the history of primitive Christianity.
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4 - Dante's Tomb
From the vault in the small temple, built in 1780, hangs a votive lamp, fuelled by oil from Tuscan hills, offered yearly by the Municipality of Florence.
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Video
5 - The Basilica of Saint Francis
The crypt with mosaic flooring is located under sea level, flooded by rainwater like a small pool. Here fish often swim creating an evocative effect.
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6 - The TAMO Museum
A route along excellences (many of which previously unseen), of the mosaic heritage of Ravenna and its territory, from ancient times to modern and contemporary productions
Discover more
Video
7 - MAR – Ravenna's Art Museum and Gardens
The museum houses some of the most important art collections on the territory, it features permanent collections comprising paintings and sculptures from the 14th century to the present day, with, in addition, the valuable collection of mosaics on cardboard made by contemporary artists.
Discover more
Video
8 - The Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
The mosaic decorations inside testify the transit of two empires, from the Ostrogothic empire of Theodoric to the Byzantine one of Justinian, and are the most relevant monuments in Ravenna's Paleochristian heritage.
Discover more
Video
9 - The Mausoleum of Theodoric and its Park
An icon of Ravenna's art, it is one of the most extraordinary examples of Ostrogothic monumental art, it is ranked among UNESCO'S World Heritage Sites, the only site void of mosaics in Ravenna.
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10 - The Brancaleone Fortress and its Park
It was built in the 15th century by the Venetians, a didactic path is presented on the inside featuring the history of the fortress.
Discover more
11 - The Arian Baptistery
Architecturally similar to the Neonian Baptistery, it was built in the first half of the 6th century, during the dominion of Theodoric, and the establishing of the Arian religion.
Discover more
Not to be missed:
exploring Ravenna on foot and visiting the most important sights in a few kilometres is made even more pleasant by walking through the greenery in the main town parks.
PLACES OF INTEREST
1 - The Basilica of San Vitale and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
These two adjacent sites represent two treasure chests which enshrine the highest expressions of Byzantine mosaic art.
Discover more
2 - The Domus of the Stone Carpets
A recent archaeological site, it used to be a lordly Byzantine palace and is structured in fourteen rooms and three courtyards entirely decorated with wonderful mosaics and marble inlays. The fourteen mosaic floorings are decorated with geometric, vegetal and figurative elements, for an overall area of 700 sq m.
Discover more
3 - The Neonian Baptistery
The most ancient monumental work in the town of Ravenna and the best conserved baptistery in the history of primitive Christianity.
Discover more
4 - Dante's Tomb
From the vault in the small temple, built in 1780, hangs a votive lamp, fuelled by oil from Tuscan hills, offered yearly by the Municipality of Florence.
Discover more
Video
5 - The Basilica of Saint Francis
The crypt with mosaic flooring is located under sea level, flooded by rainwater like a small pool. Here fish often swim creating an evocative effect.
Discover more
6 - The TAMO Museum
A route along excellences (many of which previously unseen), of the mosaic heritage of Ravenna and its territory, from ancient times to modern and contemporary productions
Discover more
Video
7 - MAR – Ravenna's Art Museum and Gardens
The museum houses some of the most important art collections on the territory, it features permanent collections comprising paintings and sculptures from the 14th century to the present day, with, in addition, the valuable collection of mosaics on cardboard made by contemporary artists.
Discover more
Video
8 - The Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
The mosaic decorations inside testify the transit of two empires, from the Ostrogothic empire of Theodoric to the Byzantine one of Justinian, and are the most relevant monuments in Ravenna's Paleochristian heritage.
Discover more
Video
9 - The Mausoleum of Theodoric and its Park
An icon of Ravenna's art, it is one of the most extraordinary examples of Ostrogothic monumental art, it is ranked among UNESCO'S World Heritage Sites, the only site void of mosaics in Ravenna.
Discover more
10 - The Brancaleone Fortress and its Park
It was built in the 15th century by the Venetians, a didactic path is presented on the inside featuring the history of the fortress.
Discover more
11 - The Arian Baptistery
Architecturally similar to the Neonian Baptistery, it was built in the first half of the 6th century, during the dominion of Theodoric, and the establishing of the Arian religion.
Discover more
WALKING > Ravenna Urban Trek
