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Provinces of Emilia Romagna: Ravenna

Once situated on the Adriatic coast, Ravenna now lies 12 km. away, though linked to the sea by a navigable canal, on the plain between the Lamone and Uniti Rivers, to the south of the Comacchio Valleys, 4 m. above sea level. Founded according to Strabo by the Thessalians on some small isles which later sank, under Roman domination, it grew in importance as a port, commercial and military centre; in 409 AD. Honorius made it the seat of the Empire. At the fall of the Empire, Ravenna became the capital of the Goths and then of the Byzantines, enjoying a period of great prosperity under the latter (6th-8th century).

After brief Lombard and Frankish domination, it passed to the Popes and then to the German Emperors. In the period of the comuni the Signoria of the Da Polentas became important; about the middle of the 15th century, it fell to Venice, which at the beginning of the 16th century gave it to the Pope.

Monuments: Basilica di San Vitale (Palaeochristian, 6th century), M ... Read More...