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Ravenna (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 44 25 03 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.4175 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 12 04 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.2011 decimal degrees |
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Note: Probably settled by Italic peoples who moved S from Aquileia ca. 1400 BCE. It was formerly on the sea, but moved inland with the build up of sediment from the Po river, which emptied into the Adriatic and was swept southward by currents. Today it is located on a low-lying plain near the confluence of the Ronco and Montone rivers, 6 miles inland from the sea, with which it is connected by a canal. It was an important Roman naval base after Augustus built port at nearby Classis; it was an important capital of the Western Empire from the 5th cen. CE. It declined in the 8th cen.; it was held by the popes from 1278; early Christian monuments named UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. |
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Ravenna (inhabited place) (P) |
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probably settled in 2nd mill. BC, traditionally was later settled by Etruscans & then by Gauls; flourished under Romans |
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refines petroleum & natural gas, produces fertilizers, synthetic rubber, & processes oilseeds |
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since 5th cen. AD, today especially noted for Byzantine & Romanesque art & architecture; site of tombs of Theoderic & Dante |
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made imperial capital of the West by Honorius in 402; capital of Italy under Ostrogothic kings from 476; capital of Byzantine Italy from 540 |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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