Untitled - Ravenna
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Untitled - Ravenna
4 Battistero degli Ortodossi (or Neoniano) It is one of the most ancient monuments in Ravenna, probably dating back to the early 5th century. Its decoration goes back to the time of Bishop Neon (mid-5th century). The brick building is octagonal in shape; the interior is decorated with marbles, stuccos and mosaics of Hellenic-Roman influence. The ceiling mosaic depicts the Baptism of Christ surrounded by the 12 apostles. 5 Cappella di S. Andrea (or Cappella Arcivescovile) Built as a private chapel by Bishop Peter II during Theoderic’s rule, it is the only extant intact archiepiscopal chapel of the Early Christian era. The cross-shaped chapel is preceded by a small vestibule, both covered with marble and mosaics showing an anti-Arian glorification of Christ. The decoration of the vault of the vestibule shows 99 species of birds – some of which typical of Ravenna’s natural areas – on a golden sky. 6 Basilica di S. Apollinare Nuovo Erected in the 6th century by Theoderic close to his palace, the Basilica was originally a Palatine Church of Arian religion. The original mosaics of the interior document the evolution of Byzantine wall mosaics from the era of Theoderic to that of Justinian. The 26 Christological scenes from the period of Theoderic are one of the biggest monumental cycles and the most ancient mosaic work of the New Testament of all times. 7 Mausoleo di Teodorico Erected by Theoderic around 520 as his own resting place, this mausoleum of Istrian stone is divided into two decagonal orders crowned by a monolithic dome measuring Mausoleo di Galla Placidia 36 MAR - Museo d’Arte della città di Ravenna, Loggetta Lombardesca The museum is housed in the Loggetta Lombardesca, a 16th-century monastery belonging to the close Church of Santa Maria in Porto. Home to many temporary art exhibitions, the art museum hosts a collection of medieval and modern art and some contemporary mosaics from the post-war years to the present day. It also includes the International Centre for the Documentation of Mosaics (CIDM). 9 Museo Nazionale di Ravenna Housed in the cloisters of the former Benedictine Monastery next to the Basilica of San Vitale, the museum houses important collections of minor arts (archaeological finds, precious textiles, ivories, etc.), as well as the cycle of 14th-century frescoes of Santa Chiara, now Rasi Theatre. 26 Museo Dantesco and Tomba di Dante Located in the Dantesque centre on the backdrop of the Ancient Franciscan Cloisters, the museum houses a collection of works inspired by Dante Alighieri. The poet’s remains rest inside the adjoining Dante’s tomb, built by architect Camillo Morigia in 1780. The lamp burning inside is fed with olive oil offered every year by the city of Florence on the poet’s death anniversary. S. Vitale 3 Battistero degli Ariani It was built in the late 5th century under Theoderic, when the Arian cult was the official state religion. Nothing remains of the ancient stuccos and decorations of the internal walls, but the original mosaics of the dome depicting the Baptism of Christ and the 12 apostles can still be seen. The mosaics are an evidence of the Arian beliefs of the court, though inspired by the iconography of the Baptistery of Neon. OTHER MONUMENTS AND MUSEUMS 23 Museo Arcivescovile Situated in the Archiepiscopal Palace of Ravenna, the museum contains numerous artworks that belonged to the ancient cathedral and to other buildings now demolished. It contains the throne of Maximian, one of the most renowned ivory carvings of all times and the work of 6th-century Byzantine artists. The museum is home to the Chapel of St. Andrew. Mausoleo di Teodorico 2 Mausoleo di Galla Placidia This small Mausoleum with a Latin cross plan was built halfway through the 5th century by Galla Placidia, the sister of Emperor Honorius. However, it was never used by the Empress because she was buried in Rome. The simplicity of the exterior contrasts with the lavish decoration of the interior. The countless mosaic stars of the dome have fascinated many visitors of Ravenna, including the jazz player Cole Porter. 8 Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Classe 8 km away from the city centre, the basilica was built in the first half of the 6th century on an ancient burial area, where Saint Apollinaris – one of the first bishops of Ravenna – was probably buried. The church is one of the greatest examples of Early Christian basilica. Despite the plundering over the centuries, the basilica has preserved its original splendour. It is now admired for its polychrome apse mosaics and ancient marble sarcophagi of archbishops. 13 Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra The Domus is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last decades in Italy. It consists of a complex of buildings dating back to the Roman Republic up to the Byzantine period. One of these is particularly interesting: a small palace where 14 rooms and 3 courtyards covered with marble tarsia or mosaics showing refined patterns and figures made of polychrome tiles have been identified (mid-6th century). 31 Museo TAMO. Tutta l’avventura del mosaico - Complesso di S. Nicolò TAMO is a space dedicated to the mosaic art and a tour through important finds (some of which still unknown to the public) belonging to the Ravenna mosaic heritage and to its territory, from the antiquity to the present day. 47 Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste The construction of Palazzo Rasponi began in the late 17th century. It was later called “dalle Teste” because of the blindfolded Moors and lion heads decorating the windows, along with the crossed lion paws showing the claws (the so-called rasponi). Today, it houses exhibitions and cultural events. S. Apollinare in Classe 1 Basilica di San Vitale Consecrated in 548 AD, it is one of the most important monuments of the Early Christian art. The eastern influence has a dominant role here: no longer a Basilica with nave and two aisles but a central octagonal plan topped by a large cupola. Inside San Vitale, the eyes are drawn up to the mosaic decorations of the apse with the extraordinary representation of the Byzantine imperial couple, Justinian and Theodora. 10 m in diameter. Over the centuries, its decorations were gradually stripped off and the tomb was used for different functions. In its interior, there is a circular porphyry tub where Theoderic was presumably buried. RAVENNA CITY CENTRE STREET GUIDE Baccarini Bagioli Baldini N. Viale Baracca Piazza Baracca Viale Barbiani Bargigia Bassa Del Pignattaro Bassi Bastione Battisti Battuzzi Beltrami Bernicoli Berti Bezzi Bixio Boccaccio Boezio Bruno C4-5 A1 B5 B3 A-B3 B3 A1 D5 D-E2 D5-6 A-B4 A1-2 A1 B1 B-C1 E2-3 B5 D4 D1 D6 Caduti Per La Libertà Piazza Caduti Sul Lavoro Piazza Cairoli Camerani Canale Molinetto Circ. Candiano Canneti Capannetti Vicolo Cappi Carducci Carraie Carraie Vicolo Carrari Carso Casa Matha Castagnevizza Castel San Pietro Castello Vicolo Cattaneo Cavour Cerchio Cesarea Chartres Chiesa Chiesa D. Claudia Col Di Lana Colonna Corelli Coronelli Corradini Vicolo C4 F4 C3-4 A1 E6 F4 C4 D6 E6 E3 D-E6 D6 D4-5 A5 C3 C6 D6 D6 B3 B-C3 D-E5 E6 C5 A2 A4 B5 C6 E2-3 D6 D6 D3-4 Corti Alle Mura Costa A. Piazza Costa P. Cura D’Annunzio Piazza D’Azeglio Da Polenta Dantona Darsena De Foix De Gasperi De Tomai Degli Ariani Vicolo Dei Poggi Dei Pozzi Del Mangano Degli Spreti Del Popolo Piazza Dell’Arco Della Resistenza Piazza Della Tesoreria Vecchia Dell’Unità d’Italia Piazza Dente Destra Canale Molinetto Di Roma Diaz Duca D’Aosta Duomo Piazza Einaudi Piazza Ercolana Esarcato Piazzetta Fabbri Falier Fanti Fantuzzi Farini Piazza Farini Viale Farosi Vicolo Felisatti Ferretti Ferruzzi Fiandrini Firenze Largo Fiume Montone Abbandonato Fusconi Gabbiani Vicolo Gabici Galla Placidia Gamba Gandhi Piazzetta Garatoni Gardini Garibaldi A. Piazza Garibaldi G. Piazza Genocchi, Padre Gessi Ghibuzza Ghiselli Ginanni Giordane Giustiniano Gordini Gorizia Gradenigo Gradisca Guaccimanni Guerrini Guidarelli C5 C3 D3 A4-B3 C5 B3 C-D4 A3 F1-2-3 E2 C4-5 D5 D3 F6 A3 E1 A3-4 C3 D6 A4 C3-4 C3 D4 F5 D2-3-4/E4-5 D3 B-C5 B4 D3 A-B4 B2 A1 D1-2 B2-3 C4 E-F3 D-e3 A3 A1 A3 C3 B2 D4 A3-4/B2-3 E6 C3 D5 C2 C2 B3 B4-C4 C4 D-E3 C-D3 E4 C4 A3 D2 C4 D1 B-C2 C-D4 A4-5 F4 F5 D4 C4 B4 Guidone Kennedy Piazza C4 C3-4 Lametta Landoni Lanzoni, Mons. Levico Lolli Longhi Lovatelli B-C6 A2 C1 A-B6 B4 B-C3 A-B1 Magazzini Anteriori Magazzini Posteriori Maggiore Mameli Piazza Marani Margherita di Savoia Mariani Maroncelli Marsala Piazza Matteotti Matteucci C. Matteucci P. Mazzini Mentana Mingaiola Miniagio Minzoni, Don Missiroli Molino Monfalcone Monghini Montanari Monte Adamello Monte Grappa Monte San Gabriele Monte San Marco Monte San Michele Montesanto Monti G. Monti V. Moradei Mordani Morelli Moro Piazza Morigia Mura di Porta Serrata Mura di San Vitale Muratori Negri Nigrisoli Nove Febbraio F3-4 F3-4 A-b2 E3 F4-5 C3 D3 E2-3 C2 C3 C5-D4 C2-3 C4/D4-5 C3-4 A3 D-E1 B1-2/C1 A5-6 C5-6 E5-6 E3 B5-6 B6-C6 A5 A6 B6 A6-B6 B6-C6 C2 E6 A2-3 C3 A-B2 F3 B-C3 C1-D2 B2 C3 D4 A5 C3 Oberdan Odoacre Oriani Ortali Piazza Oslavia A3/B3-4 D1 D4-5 A5 B6 Padenna Vicolo Pallavicini Viale Pascoli G. Pasolini Piave Piazza d’Armi Circonvallazione Pignata Podgora Ponte Marino Port’aurea Porta Gaza Porto Coriandro D2-3 E3/F3-4 D5 B-C3 A-B-C5 F4-5 C-D5 B-D6 C2-3 A5-B4 B5 E1 Portoncino Portone Porziolino Vicolo A2 A2-3 D4 Quattro Novembre C3 Rampina Randi Viale Rasponi F. Rasponi G. Rava Ravegnana Ravuzzi Vicolo Redipuglia Ricci C. Ricci R. Rocca ai Fossi Rocca Brancaleone Rondinelli Rossi Rota Rotta Rubicone A2-3 A6 B4 B4/C3-4 E2-3 D6 A2 B-C6 C4 D6 D-E2 E1-2-3 C5 C3-D2 A1-B1 B1 F6 Sabbionara Posteriore Salara San Francesco Piazza San Gaetanino San Giovanni Bosco San Mama San Nicandro Vicolo San Pier Damiano San Pietro Crisologo San Vitale San Vittore Sant’Agata Sant’Alberto Santa Teresa Santi Baldini Viale Saporetti Sarti I. Sauro Scaletta Scuole Pubbliche Serra Sette castelli Simoni Spik Piazzale B-C1 C2-3 C-D4 B1-2/C1 E3-4 C6 D3 E-F4 A-B4 B2/C2-3 C-D2 D4-5 D1 B4-5/C5 E4/F4-5 B1 D2 A3-4/B4 A3 D6 D-E6 C-D5 A3 A6 Tarlazzi Teodorico Testi Rasponi Tombesi Dall’Ova Torre Umbriatica Piazzale Torricelli Traversari Tredici Giugno Piazza Trento Trieste Turati Uccellini A3 F1-2 C1 D4 C1 D6 C2 D6/E6 F5 F4 D1 B3 Vallona Venezia Venti Settembre Piazza Violino Vicolo Vitige A2 D-E2 C3 D-E5 D1 Zagarelli alle Mura Zanzanigola Zirardini D-E5 C2 C3 MAR, Loggetta Lombardesca B3 A4-5/B5/C5 E4 D3-E3 D4 C-D2 D-E-F1 E1 D2 F6 D3 F2 F1 C4 B2-3 F6 B5-6 D1 C5 Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra Agnello Al Molino Circonvallazione Alberoni Alighieri B. Alighieri D. Alighieri P. Alla Rotonda Dei Goti Circ.ne Amalasunta Anastagi Aniene Antica Zecca Antico Squero Arbe Arcivescovado Piazza Argentario Arno Asiago Atalarico Augusta Department for Tourism and Culture Tourist Information Centre Piazza San Francesco 7 tel. 0544 35404 • fax 0544 546108 [email protected] www.turismo.ra.it [email protected] Useful Numbers Train Station www.trenitalia.it Bus Information & Ticket Point Piazzale Farini • tel. 199.199.558 Taxi - Radiotaxi tel. 0544 33888 Post Office Piazza Garibaldi 1 • tel. 0544 243306 Via Carducci 38 • tel. 0544 249411 Via Fiume Montone Abbandonato 88/B tel. 0544 216460 Hospital Santa Maria delle Croci Viale Randi 5 • tel. 0544 285111 Municipal Police Piazza Mameli • tel. 0544 482999 C4 F3 E3 C3 E3 A4 A6 E3 2016 UNESCO MONUMENTS Ravenna is recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. This is why eight Early Christian monuments of the city have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List: “The site is of outstanding universal value being of remarkable significance by virtue of the supreme artistry of the mosaic art that the monuments contain, and also because of the crucial evidence that they provide of artistic and religious relationships and contacts at an important period of European cultural history.”