Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), the author of the Divine Comedy and the founder of the Italian language, died in exile at Ravenna. His tomb is crowned with a classical monument built in the 18C.

In this Romanesque church (built, like its campanile in the 10C) there are attractive columns in Greek marble, a main altar from the 5C and a crypt dating from the 9C and 10C.

Galla Placidia was the sister of the emperor Honorius (392-450) and reigned over Ravenna with the most Roman ostentation... Her mausoleum is an admirable construction from the 5C in the form of a Latin cross, architecturally harmonious as seen in the deep blue of the vaults and the dome which is decorated with star and floral motifs. In the tympanum and on the pendentives, the mosaics have a symbolism full of peace.

The mother house of the Camaldolese religious order, founded by St Romuald in the 11C, the 13C convent stands at the end of a dark valley flanked by forest. Up above is the lonely, austere hermitage, an authentic monastic village surrounded by ramparts.