Ravenna, a small city on the coast south of Venice, was the seat of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and then of Byzantine Italy until the 8th century. It is known for its Byzantine churches and monuments, built in the 5th and 6th centuries and decorated with mosaics. There are several...
Ortigia is the historically rich island area of Siracusa in Sicily. It was founded by the Greeks and is the site of a beautiful romantic myth of antiquity, that of the nymph Arethusa and her lover Alpheus. Their union is celebrated in the Fountain of Arethusa, noteworthy because of its fresh...
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