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, and of the Byzantine Empire in Europe.
The magnificence of that period left in Ravenna a great heritage of Monuments, religious buildings decorated with mosaics which have been declared "patrimony of humanity" by UNESCO. The art of mosaics wasn't born in Ravenna but it did find its greatest level of expression here where Christian iconology was born, a mixture of symbolism and realism, with 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 available to the tourist: 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 and gothic, byzantine and medieval, it's Venetian and finally modern and contemporary, civilized and hospitable, full of events and shows of international prestige.
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