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  1. Apr 18, 2024 · The travel time from Ravenna to Florence Airport by car or taxi is approximately 1.5 to 2 hours, depending on traffic conditions. The cost for a private car is usually around €150 to €200. Shuttle services are available as well, offering a more economical choice with a travel time of 2 to 2.5 hours.

  2. Apr 4, 2024 · Battle of Ravenna, (11 April 1512).The Battle of Ravenna is chiefly remembered for the tragic death of the brilliant young French commander, Gaston de Foix. This loss overshadowed an extraordinary triumph for the French forces, which inflicted appalling casualties upon a largely Spanish Holy League army.

  3. Apr 2, 2024 · Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. Considered as one of the most valuable treasures of the city, the MAUSOLEUM OF GALLA PLACIDIA is one of the oldest buildings in Ravenna and a Unesco World Heritage monument since 1996. With its simple and humble aspect, it strikes for the peculiar brick face wall, resting under the shadow of a centuries-old plane ...

  4. Apr 5, 2024 · For a brief, dazzling moment, Ravenna was an unlikely refuge for a world drifting apart. As the capital of the Western Roman Empire in its last days, then of the occidental provinces of the Byzantine Empire, it offered a refuge of luxury and splendor, a return to antique civilization rising above the relentless waves of Barbarians.

  5. Apr 2, 2024 · The ARCHIEPISCOPAL CHAPEL or ST. ANDREW CHAPEL is on the first floor of the Archiepiscopal Museum of Ravenna, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Monument since 1996. Built at the beginning of the 5th century by Archbishop Peter II, the chapel is the only Orthodox monument extant in town. It was built in Theodoric’s time as a private oratory for ...

  6. 6 days ago · Ravenna: its role in earlier medieval change and exchange. London, Institute of Historical Research, 2016, ISBN: 9781909646148; 382pp.; Price: £40.00. This book deals with the history of the city of Ravenna, near Italy’s north eastern coast, in the period between the fifth and the 11th centuries AD.

  7. Mar 29, 2024 · Around the Basilica of San Giovanni Evangelista hovers a very important legend for Ravenna.. On the Gothic entrance gate to the area in front of the basilica (14th century AD) is a representation of Empress Galla Placidia bowed down at Saint John, who appeared in her dreams while she was praying on the night before the consecration of the basilica.

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