Discovering Ravenna, one of the most important roman cities.
The itinerary starts in the direction of the train station, to discover the castle Rocca Brancaleone, a memory of Venitian nomination on the town in the second half of the 15th century. By riding into a quiet residential area, we will arrive to one of the extraordinary sites of Ravenna, the “Mausoleum” of Galla Placidia and the Basilica San Vitale, with magnificent and very celebrated mosaics. We will continue up to the square entitled to Francesco Baracca, a hero of First World War and inventor of a certain prancing horse… From here we will ride on Via Cavour, the street of most elegant shops and boutiques of Ravenna.
We'll reach Piazza Costa, seat of the indoor market, and from here to Piazza del Popolo, “People’s square”, the main of the town, with the Town Hall palace and two columns of Venitian reminiscence… Through the Cairoli street, narrow and inspiring, we will arrive to Piazza Duomo, religious heart of Ravenna, the Ortodox Baptistery, with marvellous mosaics, and the Diocesan Museum, that shows also the Ivory Throne, the seat of the Archibishop of Ravenna once upon a time.
We will procede then to the dantesque area, with the Church of St. Francis, that has a very curious crypt, and its convent, that hosts the research centre on Dante Alighieri, and tribute him in front of his tomb. Dante died in Ravenna in 1321, aged 56. Crossing Piazza Garibaldi and Unit□ d’Italia, we will admire from outside the Arians Baptistery, a witness of the domination of Goths, during the 6th century A.D., and the Basilica St. Apollinare Nuovo, with a series of wonderful mosaics. From here we will go back to the Meeting point.