A half-day excursion to Ravenna will acquaint you with its history and culture, showcasing the city’s bounty in architectural prowess and artistry. You’ll appreciate how its past interactions with diverse religions played a significant role in the design and ornamentation of the city’s mosaics and edifices.
A half-day excursion to Ravenna will acquaint you with its history and culture, showcasing the city’s bounty in architectural prowess and artistry. You’ll appreciate how its past interactions with diverse religions played a significant role in the design and ornamentation of the city’s mosaics and edifices.
- Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo - Our tour will start from the Church of Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo and after walking in Piazza Del Popolo the main square and Dante’s tomb area will end at the Basilica of San Vitale. (first half VI cent.). All the monuments involved in our tour are in the city centre – walking area where we can also also drink a…
- Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo - Our tour will start from the Church of Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo and after walking in Piazza Del Popolo the main square and Dante’s tomb area will end at the Basilica of San Vitale. (first half VI cent.). All the monuments involved in our tour are in the city centre – walking area where we can also also drink a good coffee!
Sant’Apollinare Nuovo (end V cent.) is in Via di Roma near the railway station.
This area is very quiet. The external of the church is very simple but inside you can find beautiful mosaics decorations of Justinianean age (Catholic) and the age of Theodoric (Arian faith) .
In fact this church has been defined the “church for two religions”: we will discover together why.
The king Theodoric in fact (454-526) of arian religion commissioned the building of this church at the end of V cent. Mosaics decorations got inspiration from the influence of the greek-roman taste and from Justinian mosaic taste . Consequently it is the most characteristic building concerning the ravennate byzantine art.
Mosaics decorations on the walls allow us to follow the evolution from the age of king Theodoric to Justinian one, an important melting port of different cultures and languages.
- Guided tour
- Guided tour
- Lunch
- Admission fees to monuments
- Lunch
- Admission fees to monuments
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.