Ravenna - Monuments Parco della Pace It's located in a suburban area of the city (district of San Rocco). Designed by Giulio Carlo Argan and inaugurated in 1988, is presented as a real open-air museum. Holds, in fact, remarkable works of Italian and international mosaics. The works are all inspired by friendship and peaceful coexistence among peoples and want to convey a universal message of peace.
Ravenna - Monuments Mercato Coperto Located in Piazza Andrea Costa. Recognized for its great history and tradition, Mercato Storico is situated in an area full of trades. Designed in the nineteenth century, the market took was available only in the first decades of the twentieth century. Its projectation, in a classic style, was developed by the engineer Baroncelli. Opened in October of the '22 originally housed four pavilions.
Ravenna - Monuments Tomba di Dante Alighieri Located in Via Dante Alighieri, 9, in the heart of the city. There is the funerary monument erected in honor of the great poet who spent the last years of his life in the city of Ravenna. Commissioned by Cardinal Luigi Valenti Gonzaga to the architect Camillo Morigia, it was built between 1780 and 1781. The tomb, covered with marble and stuccoes, looks like a Roman sarcophagus. To be noted the beautiful bas relief dated 1483 and placed over the tomb.
Ravenna - Monuments Mausoleo di Teodorico Characterized by the particular shape of the dome, which, as confirmed by careful studies, is made with a single, heavy block of Istrian stone.
Ravenna - Monuments Mausoleo di Galla Placidia Built in the 5th century AD to host the sister of Honorius after his death, which keeps inside the oldest mosaic cycle in the city, best known for the bright starry sky.