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Ravenna: UNESCO Monuments and Mosaics Guided Tour

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Ravenna: UNESCO Monuments and Mosaics Guided Tour

Activity provider:Ravenna Incoming
4.8  / 5
632 reviews
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Discover the eternal beauty of the mosaics guarded inside Ravenna's most famous UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Experience incredible monuments on a guided tour with an expert.

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Duration 3 hours
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Highlights
  • Sense the majesty of Ravenna and learn all about its world-famous mosaics
  • Travel back to Byzantine times at the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
  • Be mesmerized by the elegant decorations of the Basilica of San Vitale
  • Admire the numerous starts on the dome of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
  • Take in the contrast between the outside and inside of the Neonian Baptistery
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Marvel at the world-famous mosaics of Ravenna on a guided tour and learn all about their rich history. Enjoy tickets to 4 outstanding local landmarks and explore them in the company of an expert. Experience the best of the city in just one day with this insightful adventure.

Starting from the convenient meeting point in Piazza San Francesco, journey through the streets of the city center with your guide to experience four incredible UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Basilica of San Vitale, the Neonian Baptistery. You will have the opportunity to visit: The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: originally used as a Palatine Church of Arianism, today it allows us to reconstruct the evolution of Byzantine wall mosaics from the age of Theodoric to that of Justinian. The Basilica of San Vitale: one of the most important monuments of early Christian art in Italy. When you enter the basilica, your gaze is captured by the high spaces, the wonderful mosaic decorations of the apse and the extraordinary representation of the imperial couple of Byzantium: Justinian and Theodora, with their procession. The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia: it was built around the middle of the 5th century, at the behest of Galla Placidia, who ruled the Western Roman Empire.

The innumerable stars of the dome have struck the imagination and sensitivity of visitors over the centuries, and of outstanding personalities such as the great poet Dante Alighieri, who drew inspiration from them for the writing of some verses of the Divine Comedy.

The Neonian Baptistery: one of the oldest monuments of the city, made of simple brick on the outside but rich in marble, stucco, and mosaics of clear Hellenistic-Roman influence inside. At the end of the tour the guide will accompany you to the entrance of the Archbishop’s Museum, so that you can visit it independently, each according to their interests and timing. Inside, in addition to many archaeological finds and works of art, is kept the last of the 5 UNESCO monuments included in the ticket, the Chapel of Saint Andrew, which with its depiction of the glorification of Christ is the only example of early Christian archiepiscopal chapel still intact to this day.

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  • Expert local guide
  • Entrance tickets to the all mentioned sites

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This is definitely a worthwhile tour featuring artistry of great significance to any Christian or history lover! Our tour guide (Baldi, Balthazar😉) was extremely knowledgeable, personable and had a great wit. We enjoyed the tour even more through his eyes.

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We loved our mosaic tour in Ravenna. Our guide was the best. She was a wealth of knowledge and very funny. Each place we went was glorious. I cried a few tears, the mosaics were so beautiful. Photos don’t do them justice. Go on this tour. So much better than going on your own.

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July 31, 2023

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My tour with Silvia was great! She went out of her way to point out interesting things in the Ravenna city center in addition to the monuments/mosaics. We even stopped by a mosaic art studio! Silvia was very knowledgeable and I learned a lot about the history of Ravenna.

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