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	Ravenna - LoveToKnow 1911
		The cathedral of Ravenna, built by S. Ursus in 370-390, which had a nave and four aisles, was destroyed in 1734-44, only the (inaccessible) crypt and the round campanile remaining from the earlier structure; there are fragments of reliefs from a pulpit erected by Archbishop Agnellus (556-569) in the interior.
		The period from the transference of the imperial residence to Ravenna to the death of Valentinian III.
		Through all these changes Ravenna maintained its character as an impregnable "city in the sea," not easily to be attacked even by a naval power on account of the shallowness and devious nature of the channels by which it had to be approached.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ravenna (4328 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - RAVENNA: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ravenna passed under the domination of the republic of Venice in 1441.
		In 1508 Pope Julius joined the League of Cambrai against the Venetian republic, and in 1509 Ravenna was reconquered by the pope's nephew, Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, and, until its union with the kingdom of Italy, was governed by ecclesiastical officers.
		The community of Ravenna was represented at the congress of rabbis held at Bologna in 1416, and at that of Forli in 1418, when the Jews of Italy united to seek a means of averting the dangers that menaced them.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=135&letter=R&search=Ravenna (749 words)

	Ravenna - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, population 134,631 (2001).
		Ravenna was an ancient ally of Rome against the Gauls, and kept its identity as an ally until it sided with Marius in the Civil Wars of the 1st century BC.
		Following the conquests of Belisarius for the Emperor Justinian I in the sixth century, Ravenna became the seat of the Byzantine governor of Italy, the Exarch, and was known as the Exarchate of Ravenna.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Ravenna (953 words)

	Hotels in Ravenna (province)
		Ravenna, RA This refurbished modern hotel lies in the center of Ravenna, 200 meters from the train station and 800 meters from the Church of San Vitale.
		Ravenna, RA The Hotel Argentario,open all the year, is located in the heart of the city near the main monuments.
		Ravenna, RA The hostel used to be an ancient palace of a Ravenna's nobil family of the 18th century.
	www.expedia.co.uk /daily/hotels/Italy/Ravenna.asp (714 words)

	Ravenna information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ravenna consisted of houses built on piles on a series of small islands in a marshy lagoon - a situation similar to Venice several centuries later.
		Following the conquests of Belisarius for the Emperor Justinian I in the sixth century, Ravenna became the seat of the Byzantine governor of Italy, the Exarch, and was known as the Exarchate of Ravenna.
		Due to donations by the Ottonian emperors, the archbishop of Ravenna was the richest in Italy after the Papacy, and was thus successfully able to challenge the temporal authority of the Pope on occasion.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Ravenna (1582 words)

	Ravenna, Ravenna - Emilia-Romagna - Italy
		Ravenna was an important seaport on the Adriatic, as well as an administrative center of the Roman Empire and the early Middle Ages.
		When Ravenna was settled, it was on a coastal lagoon (which still appeared on 16th century maps), and the city in Antiquity was traversed with canals.
		Following the conquests of Belisarius for the Emperor Justinian I in the sixth century, Ravenna became the seat of the Byzantine governor of Italy, the Exarch, and was known as the Exarchate of Ravenna.After the Byzantine withdrawal Ravenna was ruled by legates of the Pope as one of the Papal States.
	www.italyworldclub.com /emilia/ravenna/ravenna.htm (1016 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ravenna
		Ravenna is the capital of a province in Romagna, central Italy, on the left of the Rivers Montone and Ronco, the confluence of which is at
		Ravenna, to abet the autocratic aspirations of that bishop.
		Ravenna, where he became convinced of the general aversion to the archbishop, who, being then deprived of the protection of the emperor, was compelled to appear before the council (861), which reprimanded him.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12662b.htm (4652 words)

	RAVENNA - Online Information article about RAVENNA
		Through all these changes Ravenna maintained its character as an impregnable " city is the sea," not easily to be attacked even by a naval power on account of the shallowness and devious nature of the channels by which it had to be approached.
		March 15, 493)• Ravenna was Theodoric's chief place of residence, and his reign (493-526) may be considered the time of its greatest splendour.
		Narses and his successors the exarchs, Ravenna was the seat of Byzantine dominion in Italy.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PYR_RAY/RAVENNA.html (5556 words)

	The Port Authority of Ravenna
		Ravenna is celebrated worldwide for its mosaics, its basilicas (S. Vitale and S. Apollinare) and its mausoleums (such as Galla Placidia) and this is why UNESCO has put 8 ancient Ravenna buildings on the "World Heritage" list.
		Ravenna's mosaics and basilicas represent incomparable traces of that period.
		Ravenna also offers evocative testimony of more recent ages: such as the Giotto school frescoes of S. Chiara, the Baroque of the apse in S. Apollinare Nuovo, Dante Alighieri's last refuge and the buildings where Lord Byron pursued love before leaving for his last romantic exploit.
	www.port.ravenna.it /eng/ravenn.php (407 words)

	Ravenna, Italy
		Ravenna, a provincial capital and the see of an archbishop, lies in the southeast corner of the North Italian plain, here traversed by numerous drainage canals.
		Ravenna's heyday began, however, when the Western Roman Emperor Honorius moved his court from Milan to the natural fortress of Ravenna, protected by the surrounding marches, in 402.
		From 1297 to 1441 Ravenna was ruled by the Ghibelline Polenta family, for a period thereafter belonged to the Venetians and from 1509 to 1859 was incorporated in the States of the Church.
	www.planetware.com /italy/ravenna-i-er-ra.htm (365 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - Search Results for: Ravenna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		RAVENNA : Italian city, capital of the province of...: Italian city, capital of the province of Ravenna.
		In this case, as in a similar one at Ravenna, he couched his decision in moderate terms, and continually
		...by Ptolemy, by Stephanus Byzantinus, and by the geographer of Ravenna ; in the Middle Ages it was the village Phasellum.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /search_results.jsp?searchType=1&pageNum=1&search=Ravenna&searchOpt=0&x=22&y=13 (211 words)

	Ravenna Italy Tourist, Travel and Hotels guide.
		Ravenna was the seat of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and then of Byzantine Italy until the 8th century.
		The hotel is situated in the North of Ravenna, 2 km from the historic city centre.
		In Ravenna, the Old Roman Capital, you can admire the wonderful mosaics of the V and VI century, the Hotel Argentario is situated in the mainstreet Via Di Roma, near the marvelous monuments of Ravenna.
	www.hotelsravenna.com (451 words)

	Italy - Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
		Ravenna is a city in northern Italy, the capital of Ravenna Province, in Emilia-Romagna Region, near the Adriatic Sea (with which it is connected by the Corsini Canal).
		Thereafter Ravenna was the chief imperial residence, until its capture in 476 by the German barbarian ruler Odoacer.
		Ravenna remained strong for a time under a line of archbishops; however, because it lacked revenue to maintain the port and the channel to the Po River, the city declined.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-ItalyRavenna.htm (443 words)

	Gazzetta dello Sport - Giro d'Italia - stage 12 - CESENA - TREVISO
		The Giro d'Italia takes in Ravenna (a city that is noteworthy for the exceptionally important place it once had in European history).
		Ravenna is noteworthy above all for the its early medieval sights.
		The topographic peculiarities of the vast lagoon area of this province are of particular interest.
	www.gazzetta.it /Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/eng/le_tappe/tappa_12 (348 words)

	ARPA - Regional Agency for Prevention and Environment of Emilia-Romagna
		The stretch of coastline in the province of Ravenna is 47 km long and crosses the municipalities of Ravenna and Cervia.
		At the mouth of the rivers, the average flow of water is 19 m³/sec during the spring and 2.71 m³/sec.
		About 30% of the basin is in the province of Forlì whereas the remainder is in the province of Ravenna.
	www.arpa.emr.it /balneazione/eng/puntiprel_ra.asp (1035 words)

	RavennArte
		RavennArte is a voluntary cultural association established in 1998 in Ravenna.
		Its interest and sensitivity with regard to the art of mosaics have accompanied the Association's activities in the field of the visual arts right from its birth.
		Two events have been particularly significant for the city of Ravenna: an exhibition featuring works by Ravenna mosaic artists entitled "Tesserae" and an exhibition of works by students of the Istituto d'Arte per il mosaico entitled "After".
	www.ravennarte.it /rarte-ing/ravennarte.htm (151 words)

	Ravenna - ZeroDelta.net: Your Travel Guide to Italy
		In territory of province the pine forestes and the Zones Reserves Natural have a invaluable property of flora and fauna, leaves integranting some Regional Park of the Delta of the Po.
		Beyond that for the artistic treasures is destinations of a lot tourists also for its 35 kilometers of coast: the "lidi of Ravenna" are situated in harmony between fine beaches of sand, pine forestes and valley and offer to the visitor and to the tourist an exquisite hospitality in hotels, camping, houses and apartments.
		As far as concern the kitchen, the piadina, the "cappelletti di magro alla romagnola", the ciambella, il "sangiovese" and the "albana" are some of the excellences of the culinary art of Ravenna.
	www.zerodelta.net /ravenna.php (690 words)

	How to get to Marina Romea - Italy, car rental, italy map, ravenna, bologna, venice, rome, florence, car hire italy, ...
		The Province of Ravenna is located in the north-east of the Italian peninsula about 80 km from Bologna, capital of the Emilia-Romagna region.
		From the airport you can reach Ravenna by car (the journey is entirely by motorway) or by train (between 1 and 2 hours).
		The fastest connections to the Province of Ravenna are by motorway and road.
	www.columbiahotel.it /inglese/arrivare.htm (438 words)

	Ravenna - Sarah Turner
		During Theodoric’s reign, Ravenna witnessed the construction of his residence, the Palatium, as well as the Anastasis Gothorum (now the church of Spirito Santo) and, beside it, a basilica dedicated to the Savior (now known as Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo).
		The Battle of Ravenna in 1512 turned the city over to the French who pillaged and sacked the city; “from this time a tumultuous period of civil conflicts followed, pursued by the Rasponi family who had dominion of the city in their sights.
		Ravenna’s mosaics and architectural splendor are commonly recognized as “perhaps the greatest surviving monuments of the early period of Christian art, which not only culminates but ends with them” (Von Simson vii).
	facweb.furman.edu /~jpitts/35-ravenna.htm (2187 words)

	Cervia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cervia is a city in the province of Ravenna, Italy, on the ancient Via Flaminia in a marshy district not far from the sea.
		It was called anciently Phicoclæ, but took its present name before 997, perhaps after the destruction of the city by fire in 708.
		During the episcopate of Bishop Rustico (1219), Cervia was placed under an interdict for its maltreatment of an envoy of the Archbishop of Ravenna.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/cervia.html (224 words)

	Programmi speciali d'area
		A) The first relates to the drawing up of a Feasibility Study on the possibilities of developing the maritime links for passengers and goods between the ports of the Emilia-Romagna Region and the corresponding Croatian ports, with particular reference to those ports in the Centre North area.
		During the development of the project and for its own purposes, a careful monitoring and vigorous appraisal will be conducted ex post upon its results and upon the possibilities to increase, at market conditions, the connections between the two sides of the Adriatic.
		Ravenna Portual Authority, Ravenna Municipality, Ravenna Chamber of Commerce, Ferrara Province, Forlì Cesena Province, Rimini Province, Cesenatico Municipality
	www.regione.emilia-romagna.it /PdA/iiia_inrose_eng.htm (407 words)

	Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy hotels from ahotelinitaly.com - view and book online
		It is hard to believe this elegant modern city was once the capital of the Late Roman Empire and subsequently became the principal Italian city of the Byzantine Empire...
		Cervia is surrounded by beautiful countryside: a magnificent 30-hectare pinewood natural park is home to a vast range of wildlife not found anywhere else in Italy.
		This simple little family-run hotel in Ravenna has an excellent location just off the central Piazza del Popolo; it lies within easy walking distance of all the city's wonderful churches with their renowned mosaic decoration and the town's excellent covered market.
	www.ahotelinitaly.com /italy/hotels/emiliaromagna/ravenna/1 (262 words)

	Ravenna Planetariums - ZeroDelta.net: Your Travel Guide to Italy
		Ravenna and province Travel Guide A city unique in the world.
		During the 5th century it was the last capital of the Western Empire and heir to the greatness of Rome, and down through the ages it has played a leading role in Europe hostory.
		Schifano, painting theatre in Ravenna August 26 2005 - Inaugurates the exhibition that collects works of Mario Schifano, one of the most pregious names that have dominated from 1958 at 1968 the italian Pop Art.
	www.zerodelta.net /ravenna-planetariums.php (262 words)

	Gruppo Hera - Environment
		In consideration of the level of service offered by Hera Group, operative environmental services have already been assigned in the territory OTA 7 (Province of Ravenna), OTA 8 (Forlì-Cesena) and OTA 9 (Rimini), while licensing is also in progress for of OTA 5 (Province of Bologna).
		<>Hera performs rate determination and billing services on behalf of those municipalities that have introduced the TARSU replacement rate: 12 in the Province of Ravenna, 14 in Imola, 4 in Forlì-Cesena, 2 in the Province of Bologna (another 3 already apply the rate by managing it directly), as well as the city of Rimini.
		These are 33 municipalities for a total of 404,598 customers, equivalent to 25% of the population served.
	www.gruppohera.it /hera/ambiente_eng/?sub=39 (232 words)

	Ravenna - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ravenna, city, northern Italy, capital of Ravenna Province, in Emilia-Romagna Region, near the Adriatic Sea (with which it is connected by the...
		- capital city of Ravenna Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, northeastern Italy.
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	Encyclopedia: Ravenna Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It has an area of 1,858 sq km, and a total population of 347,847 (2001).
		There are 18 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link
		Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ravenna-Province (89 words)

	Delicious Italy - Adriacoast Gastronomic Holidays - Italian Riviera Adriatic coast Emilia Romagna
		The food and wine of the Adriatic coast along the Italian Riviera in Emilia Romagna is as varied and rich as the territory.
		From Ravenna to Ferrara, Rimini to Forli-Cesena each province boasts its own unique flavours and culinary traditions.
		Divided into five sections the food of the territory is introduced and explained via a culinary journey taking in the provinces of Ferrara, Ravenna, Forlì Cesena and Rimini.
	www.deliciousitaly.com /tour.php?id=37®ione_id=5 (373 words)

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	www.politicalresources.net /it-provinces.htm (122 words)

	Ravenna Ferry - Timetables, prices and Ravenna ferry tickets
		All you need to do is select your preferred Ravenna Ferry route from the menus, number of passengers and hit search.
		If you are looking for a Ferry to Ravenna, please visit our Ferry to Ravenna page.
		For information on travelling to Ravenna Ferry Port and other port services, please visit our Ravenna Ferry Port page.
	www.directferries.co.uk /ravenna_ferry.htm (198 words)

	interesting places Ravenna, market in Ravenna, hotels near interesting places Ravenna, days market Ravenna, Ravenna, ...
		The Hotel Centrale Byron, is a centrally located hotel in Ravenna, and is within easy reach of the leading attractions of Ravenna.
		Via 4 Novembre is situated at the end of the square to the right.
		The most important streets in Ravenna for shopping, where You will find the elegant boutiques and shops, are: Cavour street, 4 Novembre street, Matteotti street, Cairoli street, Ricci street, De Gasperi street, Diaz street, Farini street, which are within walking distance of Hotel Centrale Byron.
	www.hotelbyron.com /mapparavenna1_eng.htm (237 words)

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