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prestigiousexhibitions and productionsof the highest quality contains, together with a number and great public interest. of permanent collections, Just a short distance from the sea, the famous funerary statue of Ravenna also offers nine seaside Guidarello Guidarelli and a resorts along its 35 kilometres collection of contemporary of coast with a rich variety of mosaics produced during the possibilities for holidays. On the fifties by mosaicists of Ravenna beaches of clear fine sand the on cartoons by internationally organisation of services is efficient famous artists. The National Museo d’Arte della Città and dynamic while the choices of Marina di Ravenna Museum exhibits a varied range things to do to enjoy a holiday of collections, including the are endless: sun and relaxation, Piazza del Popolo stone tablet collection, finds games, sports and keep-fit, from archaeological digs of excursions and parks including RAVENNA Roman and Byzantine remains, also because it expressesthe the theme park of , UNIQUE CITY, the fourteenth century frescoes artistic sentiments of the present. in addition to a wide range of WORLD HERITAGE of the Church of Santa Chiara. A pleasant way to discover delicious cuisine and excellent The Archiepiscopal Museum Ravenna is to look around the wines. If Ravenna was the main political is located in the Cathedral stands of the Antiques Market, Tourism in Ravenna however is and cultural centre of the West and contains the Chapel of set up in the old city centre, not only art or seaside. For lovers during the centuries that saw the Sant’Andrea and the Ivory largely closed to traffic, on the of nature nothing can be more decline of the Latin civilisation, it Throne, a masterpiece of all time Cappella di Sant’Andrea third Saturday and Sunday of each exciting than a visit to the Punte Pineta San Vitale also bears witness to earlier and of sculpture in ivory. The Dante month. There are numerous Cycle Alberete nature reserve with its more recent periods. Treasures Museum contains relics related paths which make it possible silent swamped forests and the from the age of antiquity can to the veneration and fame of to reach any location in the city, rustle of bulrushes which offer be rediscovered in recent the poet, while the Museum the beaches, the pine wood or shelter to rare bird species. The archaeological finds such as the of the Risorgimento takes us the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in historical pine woods of San Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra back to strongly felt sentiments Classe. At night between June Vitale and Classe, in the greenery (House of Stone Carpets) or the in connection with Mazzini and September the ‘Mosaics by S. Apollinare in Classe of great umbrella pines, the enormous Roman port of Classe. Battistero degli Ariani and Garibaldi which spurred Night’ and ‘Beautiful Ravenna fragrant blossoming of hawthorn, It is the city that keeps the mortal the people of Ravenna in the by Night’ events present the the quiet waters of the lagoons remains of Dante and keeps his more recent past. Also of great city’s treasures in a new way which which reflect the wings of herons, memory alive with important importance are the main library become a great multiple stage of still echo with the seductive cultural events. One can read in institutions: the prestigious events with many places of artistic attraction that enticed Dante and Le Spiagge di Ravenna the winding paths of streets its Classense Library, located in Mausoleo di Teodorico interest open to the public and Botticelli, Boccaccio and Byron, past as a lagoon city whose canals the evocative surrounds of the guided tours for special tourist Oscar Wilde and D’Annunzio. were closed during the period ancient Camaldolite monastery, itineraries by night. Their uniqueness as natural of Venetian rule at the end of and Casa Oriani, dedicated to Ravenna, a refined hospitable monuments has lead to their the 15th century making way for contemporary history. The library city offers events of international inclusion among the protected the elegant great square, now of the Dante Centre, kept by the prestige. The two public theatres, areas of the Po Delta National Franciscan order, contains rare Alighieri and Rasi, have an Museo Dantesco Park. The restructured palace of known as Piazza del Popolo. In Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra the 1700s the city was connected manuscripts and publications intense entertainment program- Sant’Alberto, also included in the to the sea by a new navigable concerning Dante. me: music and ballet, prose and national park is now the home of canal, the present day port, The colours of Ravenna glisten contemporary theatre and in the “NatuRA”, the Alfredo Brandolini Battistero degli Ariani which the people of Ravenna call with the reflections of mosaics. summer there is the Ravenna Museum of Natural Sciences “Candiano”. The Corsini Canal With the Parco della Pace, the Festival, acknowledged as of Ravenna, which has a large then opened up new prospects great panels of the Casa del one of the most important number of historical collections for resuming the ancient vocation Mutilato and the monumental European cultural events with of the local fauna. as a port. elegance of the Ardea Purpurea opera and concerts, dance, jazz, Ravenna is a city that lives in The culture of Ravenna is varied fountain, Ravenna is the of ethnic music, dramatic theatre, the present and plans its future, and abundant. The MAR, mosaics not only because it has experimental works, cinema, protecting the past and putting it Municipal Art Museum of the extraordinary masterpieces conferences and exhibitions, in to good use. Mausoleo di Galla Placidia Ardea Purpurea Basilica di San Vitale Ravenna regularly puts on of the 5th and 6th centuries but a varied programme of original Ravenna is a living .