Car Hire Ravenna

Ravenna is a city in the province of Emilia-Romagna, directly on the Adriatic coast, in the North of Italy with approximately 140,000 inhabitants on an area of 652 km2. Between Rimini and the Po Delta, the region around Ravenna is inhabited since ancient times. She was even the capital of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century. At that time, Ravenna was a lagoon surrounded by water, whose Hafen was the most important naval base of the country. Only since 1861, the city belongs to Italy.

In Ravenna, there are numerous sights, but especially the early Christian buildings are more than worth a visit, and some are also since 1996 the UNESCO World Heritage site. These include among others the Church of San Vitale and Sant'Apollinare Nuovo. Both churches were built in the sixth century, and are distinguished primarily by their Byzantine wall mosaics. In addition, by numerous implementation and production work in the course of the centuries, they offer an interesting insight in the Romanesque and Gothic architecture of days gone.

Outstanding architectural point of view is the tomb of Theodoric of the great. Here, the roof, which was identified from a single monolith is unique. The mausoleum, which consists of a single round tower, was built in the year 520 on his own instructions from. A masterpiece of Byzantine ivory art found in the Museum of the Cathedral in Ravenna. The Chair from the sixth century by Bishop Maximianus is there to see.

Of course, there are also a vast beach life with countless water sports here on the Adriatic coast in Ravenna. With a rental car is the most beautiful stretches of coastline as, Lido di Ravenna, Lido di classe and several others reach in a short time.