Guida Di Ravenna

Guida Di Ravenna by Gaspare Ribuffi is a late-19th-century Italian guide to Ravenna. The volume opens with a Prefazione Storico della Città that traces Ravenna’s origins and development through major historical epochs—Roman, Ostrogothic, Byzantine, Lombard, Venetian, and papal periods—to its status after Italian unification. The core of the book is a detailed survey of Ravenna’s monuments: churches, baptisteries, mausolea, palazzi, and urban works, each described with measurements, materials, decorations, mosaics, and notable artworks, along with historical notes and attributions. The guide is divided into Part One: Monumenti Urbani and Part Two: Monumenti Suburbani, followed by an extensive index of sites and inscriptions. Richly illustrated, the edition aims to aid travelers and scholars in understanding Ravenna’s architectural genius and its role as a political and religious capital across centuries. It reflects historical scholarship and the travel-writing tradition of its era.