About the city
Ravenna is a city in Emilia-Romagna, near the Adriatic coast, famous worldwide for its Early Christian and Byzantine mosaics, eight of whose monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was the capital of the Western Roman Empire in its final phase, then of the Ostrogothic kingdom and the Byzantine exarchate, a past that makes it one of Italy's great cities of art. It also houses the tomb of Dante Alighieri, who died in the city. With some 158,000 inhabitants, it combines its heritage with an active port and a tourist coast. Ravenna was recognised by ACES Europe as European City of Sport 2016, a title that places it within the broad Italian representation of the ACES network.
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Ravenna is a city in Emilia-Romagna, famous for its Byzantine mosaics, with eight UNESCO World Heritage monuments.
It was the capital of the Western Roman Empire, the Ostrogothic kingdom and the Byzantine exarchate.
It houses the tomb of Dante Alighieri, who died in the city.
Ravenna is European City of Sport 2016, within the broad Italian representation in the ACES network.
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