Ravenna is a beautiful provincial city with a relaxed atmosphere, but surprisingly full of places to visit, unique of its kind. Ravenna has in fact an artistic heritage of inestimable value, so much so that it has 8 city sites included in the UNESCO heritage, a unique record for a city of only 180,000 people.

The main reason to visit Ravenna are the mosaics of the early Christian age, a period ranging from the third to the sixth century, during which the Roman Empire suffered a series of barbarian invasions that ended up dividing the possessions of Rome into the Western Roman Empire and in that of the East.
During this period Ravenna for a series of strategic reasons became the capital first of the Western Roman Empire, then of the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Theodoric, and finally the new capital of a newborn ?Esarcato?, under the leadership of Giustiniano. Ravenna becomes a city that winks at the sumptuous Constantinople (modern Istambul) and knows a period of splendor that has been handed down to the present day, with many monuments that have been excellently preserved and which constitute a unique heritage in Italy and in the world as evidence of a glorious era.
If you are in Italy then you absolutely cannot miss one of the gems of Roman-Byzantine art.
Depart from the Basilica of San Vitale where you can admire the mosaics depicting Giustiniano, his wife Teodora and the bishop Massimiano. As soon as you are outside, visit the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, in the morning ther...