Ravenna is on Italy’s tourist map for one reason: its 1,500-year-old churches decorated with best-in-the-West Byzantine ...

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It receives fewer tourists than the great cities of the Italian Renaissance, but Ravenna has its own, highly distinctive treasures, says Norman Miller in The Times. Situated 90 miles south of ...

However, the interior is a striking contrast, adorned with fine mosaics. The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is one of the oldest monuments in Ravenna. The Church of San Vitale is arguably the most ...

The mosaics alone – all have World Heritage status – make Ravenna worthwhile, but it’s also a pleasing and under-visited town in its own right. Don’t miss the Covered Market ...