Het onbetwiste hoogtepunt van iedere trip naar Ravenna is een bezoek aan de Basilica di San Vitale. Deze kerk, die zich ongeveer een kilometer ten westen van het station van Ravenna bevindt en net ten zuiden van het Mausoleum van Galla Placidia staat, is wereldberoemd vanwege haar unieke vorm en…
De volledige naam van de enorme kathedraal of Duomo van Ravenna is de cattedrale metropolitana della Risurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo. Ze is gewijd aan de wederopstanding (anastasis) van Jezus Christus. De kathedraal werd in de achttiende eeuw gebouwd op precies dezelfde plek als de kathedraal uit de Late…
Of the eight UNESCO World Heritage sites in Ravenna, the Sant’Apollinare in Classe is the youngest monument. Classe is nowadays a frazione of the municipality of Ravenna, a small suburb located some five kilometres south of the city centre. By chance we visited the Sant’Apollinare in Classe first, even though…
The undisputed highlight of any trip to Ravenna is a visit to the Basilica di San Vitale. This church, which is about a kilometre west of Ravenna’s railway station and is located just south of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, is world famous for its unique shape and its wonderful…
The Sant’Apollinare Nuovo is an early sixth century church in the centre of Ravenna that is renowned for its beautiful wall mosaics. In fact, it is one of only two churches in Italy of which the original wall mosaics have been preserved over the centuries, the other being the Santa…