Cervia on the Adriatic Sea

14 March 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Garibaldi Square and Fountain © Nerijp

Garibaldi Square and Fountain © Nerijp

Cervia is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna), central Italy, with a population of about 28,000. Originally called Ficocle, it was probably of Greek origin and was located midway from current Cervia and Ravenna. It is known that this originary settlement was destroyed in 709 by patrician Theodore for its alliance with Ravenna against the loyal Byzantines.   read more…

Theme Week Emilia-Romagna – Ravenna

27 October 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

Garibaldi statue © flickr.com - currybet

Garibaldi statue © flickr.com – currybet

Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 until that empire collapsed in 476. It then served as the capital of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths until it was conquered in 554. Afterwards, the city formed the centre of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna until the invasion of the Franks in 751, after which it became the seat of the Kingdom of the Lombards.   read more…

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