Istituzione Biblioteca Classense

Hundred year old film and very good staff

This is a beautiful building and worth a visit just for that. In any town but Ravenna it would be a good attraction. Best to visit the "Manica lunga" and see a special exhibition rather than do the wh...

A Hidden Gem...

Ravenna is a city full of wonderful sights and it would be easy to overlook this hidden gem. There is little to lead you here and on arrival you find an ordinary public library located in an old conve...

Great place to visit! Feels like another age!

An amazing space-I would struggle to learn here as I would be too busy admiring all the paintings and frescos. Really marvellous.

If it was in a less illustrious city than Ravenna, it could easily be the most important historical attraction

The judgment on this attraction is complex, because it must cover a historical library, but also a monument in itself. Let's start with the monument, saying that if it was located in a less illustrio...

Monastery Library

Original Text

The oldest library at the Monastery of St. Appolynarium in the ancient Classen - the suburb from which the ancient Ravenna began. The beginning of the assembly was placed by the monks, now it is a serious inst ...