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Ravenna Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale metropolitana della Risurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo; Duomo di Ravenna) is a
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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cathedral
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dedicated to the
Resurrection of Jesus Christ
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in the city of
Ravenna
Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the ca ...
, Italy. Formerly the archiepiscopal seat of the
Archdiocese of Ravenna, it is now the seat of the
archbishops of Ravenna-Cervia
The Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia ( la, Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.[minor basilica
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by
Pope John XXIII
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on 7 October 1960. It is also the seat of the parish of San Giovanni in Fonte belonging to the Urban Vicariate of the archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.
The present 18th-century
Baroque building followed the demolition of the ancient cathedral, the early 5th-century Basilica Ursiana.
Turismo Ravenna
On the top of the belltower there are four bells in chord of D minor.
References
Roman Catholic churches in Ravenna
18th-century architecture
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy
Basilica churches in Ravenna
Cathedrals in Emilia-Romagna
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