Ravenna and province Travel Guide

The tradition and culture of ceramics reamin the vital hub of modern Faenza with its International Ceramics Museum containing splendid collections of objects from all epochs and countries, its 60 artist's workshops, its schools that have trained artists and technicians for the ceramics industry all over the world, its international artistic and craft events on the historical and contemporary production of majolica. But Faenza isn't only ceramics. It's a city embellished by architectural and urbanistic features of high interest, such as the splendid Cathedral (one of the most outstanding expressions of Renaissance art in Romagna), the  two harmonious squares in the centre, the 18th century Palazzo Milzetti with its interior decorated in refined neoclassical tempera and the elegant Masini Theatre, designed and built by Giuseppe Pistocchi in the second half of the 18th century.

Cultural events and trade fairs throughout the year, spectacular and sporting events such as the historical re-evocation of the Palio del Niballo horse-race and the Hundred Kilometres of the Passatore marathon walk, all find their ideal backdrop here.                                                  

There are elegant shops and, for gastronomic pleasures, fine restaurants both in the centre and in the green and gentle hills that surround the city.

Texts and photos are published courtesy Provincia di Ravenna - Servizio Commercio, Turismo e Fiere