Ravenna
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Ravenna [raˈvenna] (
listen) (Romagnol: Ravêna) is the caipital ceety o the Province o Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region o Italy. It wis the caipital ceety o the Wastren Roman Empire frae 402 till that empire collapsed in 476. It then servit as the caipital o the Kinrick o the Ostrogoths till it wis conquered in 540 bi the Byzantine Empire. Efterwairds, the ceety formit the centre o the Byzantine Exarchate o Ravenna till the invasion o the Franks in 751, efter which it became the seat o the Kinrick o the Lombards.
Awtho an inland ceety, Ravenna is connectit tae the Adriatic Sea bi the Candiano Canal. It is the location o a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid.
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