The Cathedral of Comacchio was first built in 708 under Bishop Vincent, on the same site as the present cathedral. It was built in the pre-Romanesque style. Then the building was remodelled in the Gothic style around 1200 and remained so until 1659. Due to continuous restoration work and the age of the building, it was decided in the same year to demolish it to build a new cathedral. The new cathedral was solemnly inaugurated in April 1740.
The Abbey of Pomposa is a 9th-century abbey and one of the most important in Northern Italy. The abbey visible today was consecrated in 1026 by Abbot Guido. At the same time, the monk Guido d'Arezzo (992-1033) conceived the modern musical notation and fixed the names of the musical notes. In 1653, Pope Innocent X suppressed the monastery, which was bought by the Guiccioli family of Ravenna in 1802. At the end of the 19th century, its ownership passed to the Italian state. The oldest part of the adjoining Basilica of Santa Maria dates from the 8th-9th centuries. The bell tower dates back to 1063 and is reminiscent of the Abbey of San Mercuriale in the nearby town of Forlì.
A UNESCO world heritage site, the Basilica di San Vitale is one of the most important Byzantine structures in Europe. The church was built in 526 AD under the rule of the Ostrogoths and combines both Roman and Byzantine architecture. One of the more famous aspects of this church is its collection of mosaics, the most famous being the iconic mosaic of Emperor Justinian and his wife, Theodora.
The Cathedral of Ravenna was built in the Baroque style between 1734 and 1745 on a cathedral, the Basilica Ursiana, dating from the early 5th century. This ancient cathedral was built following the transfer of the capital of the Western Roman Empire from Milan to Ravenna by Emperor Honorius in 402.
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