11 Ravenna
Itinerary for Ravenna: Linguistics, Literature, & Art History
| 7:30 am | Bus departs Borgo Mercatale for Ravenna |
| 9:30 | Arrival in Ravenna at Piazzale Aldo Moro. Visit Basilica di San Vitale (547 CE) |
| 10:30 | Mausoleo di Galla Placidia (fifth century BCE) |
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11:00 |
Battistero degli Ortodossi (Baptistery of Neoniano) (430 CE) (9 min. walk) |
| 11:30 | Basilica di Sant’Appolinare Nuovo (500 CE) (10 min. walk) (There is a gift shop at the entrance. We get a 10% discount with our group ticket) |
| 12:30 | Battistero degli Ariani (500 CE) (5 min. walk) |
| 1:30 | Quick Lunch |
| 2:00 | Dante’s Tomb and the Dante Museum (5 min. walk) |
| 3:00 | Walk back to the bus at Piazzale Aldo Moro. |
| 3:30 | Bus leaves for the Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Classe, outside of Ravenna. |
| 4:30 | Bus departs Sant’Apollinare in Classe for Urbino. Arrival around 6:30. |
History of Ravenna
I. 402-476 CE: Ravenna became the capital of the Western Roman Empire till that empire collapsed.
II. It then became the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom until
III. The Byzantine Empire recaptured it in 540.
IV. Following this, it became the center of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna until
the Lombard invasion in 751, when it became the seat of the Kingdom of the Lombards.