Ravenna
Ravenna is a city of art and culture, of mosaics, and ancient
city which 1,500 years ago was capital three times: of the
western Roman Empire, of Theodoric King of the Goths, of the
Byzantine Empire in Europe.
The magnificence of that period has left Ravenna with a great
heritage of Monuments, religious buildings decorated with
mosaics which have been declared patrimony of humanity by
UNESCO. The art of mosaics was not born in Ravenna but it did
find its greatest level of expression here where Christian
iconology was born, a mixture of symbolism and realism, of
Roman and Byzantine influence. Here a Latin hexameter on the
walls of the Archbishop's chapel reads: Aut lux hic nata
est aut capta hic libera regnat… in other words "Or light
born here or imprisoned here, reigns free". The beauty of
the mosaics and harmony of the architecture are not the only
features. In Ravenna you can stroll among bell-towers and
monastic cloisters, the frescoes in Giotto style of Santa
Chiara to the baroque apse of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo. Ravenna
is roman, gothic, byzantine and also medieval, Venetian and
finally modern and contemporary, civilized and hospitable,
full of events and shows of international prestige.
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