ravenna

November 12, 2017
On 12 November 1028 Byzantine Empress Zoë Became Empress Consort to Romanos III Argyros.

October 10, 2017
The Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo is one of the six extant early Christian and medieval buildings in Ravenna famous for its luminous mosaic program.

February 5, 2017
The feast day of St. Agatha (231-251) is celebrated on 5 February.

January 14, 2017
Luca Longhi (1507 – 1580) was born in Ravenna on 14 January 1507 by Francesco and Antonia from Cunio.

October 16, 2016
Poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, and cultural critic Oscar Wilde was born 16 October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland.

January 27, 2016
Dante Alighieri (b. Florence 22 May-13 June 1265, d. Ravenna 14 September 1321) was first banished from Florence on this day, 27 January in 1302.