Ravenna is on Italy’s tourist map for one reason: its 1,500-year-old churches decorated with best-in-the-West Byzantine mosaics. While locals go about their business, busloads of tourists slip ...

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 ...

Byzantine Empress Theodora, would become an actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist, empress of the civilized world, and ...

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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 sites and streets were busy, but mostly bustling with Italians. Ravenna's biggest draw is its mosaics, which date back to the 5th and 6th Century and really are breathtaking. Arguably ...

The exhibition has opened in Athens, highlighting the golden luxury of Byzantium, which served as an inspiration for Italian ...

Ravenna (Italy) (AFP) – King Charles III and Queen Camilla wrapped up a state visit to Italy on Thursday with a visit to Dante's tomb and world-famous mosaics in Ravenna, the day after a ...

New Ravenna, America’s premier designer and manufacturer of handcrafted mosaics, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jodie Sokel as its new chief executive officer, effective March 31, 2025.