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Ravenna
Italia · Roman province·Italy·Founded 1st c. BCE (Roman municipium)
Base of the Classis Ravennas, the Adriatic fleet, from Augustus onward. In 117 CE Ravenna sat directly on the coast — the shore is now 8 km east.
A living Italian city of around 160,000; eight Early Christian and Byzantine monuments with famed mosaics are UNESCO World Heritage, woven into the modern town.
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