School trip to Emilia Romagna

Ravenna is an Italian city. It’s the biggest city (comune) of Emilia Romagna. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 to 476 A.D. It is an inland city, but with a canal it has been connected with the Adriatic Sea.

Etruscans, Romans, Byzantins, Lombards and other populations used to live there. There are some important historical places that prove that these tribes lived in this territory. We visited them.

At first we visited the S.Vitale Church and the Mausoleo of Galla Placidia. They are from the 6th Century and they were built in typical Byzantine art and architecture. They have got a lot of mozaics from the Roman time. The guide told us that the Mausoleo is the tomb of the Roman queen Galla Placidia. It is in the form of a cross. After the visit of the Mausoleo and the church we went to Dante’s tomb. Dante was the most important Italian poet who lived in the 14th century and died in Ravenna in 1321. The tomb is in square form and has got a writing in Latin: Dantis portae sepulcrum.

After the visit of this place we walked round the town and watched the buildings.

Lisa Burra, 2.Z

In March we went on a school trip to Emilia Romagna and Veneto. On Monday 21st we started from Gorizia at 7 o’clock. The first stop was in Monselice in Veneto. Monselice is a historical town near Padova on the Euganean Hills.

In Monselice we visited the historical square, the Ortodox church of  Santa Giustina  and a villa which has a beautiful view on the town. In the square we saw the town hall. Monselice is a very nice town and I would like to return there to visit it in detail.

Davide Tomsic 2.Z

Three weeks ago before Easer break I went on a school trip to Bologna, Ferrara and Ravenna. It was a three-day trip.

We left on the 21st March at 7.00 a.m. from Gorizia by coach.

Before arriving in Bologna we stopped in Monselice. We went to visit the church “Santa Giustina” and we walked around the square; afterwards we went to Bologna.

We arrived in Bologna more or less at lunch time. We ate a sandwich and right away we went to the center. We visited the main square “Piazza Maggiore”. The square was really big, there was a nice fountain with the statue of Poseidon, a bar, some shops, a museum and the town hall.

In my opinion our guide talked too much and gave too much information in a short time. The first impression I had was that there were a lot of freshly graduated university students and at the same time a lot of policemen around.

I would have liked to visit much more the city and a little bit less the square, in fact the guide kept us for two hours in the square describing every little detail. Nevertheless it was interesting. Afterwards we visited  the “Torre degli Asinelli”. The ticket cost 3€ and there were a lot of steps. The view was beautiful.

At the end of the day we went to our Hotel which  was situated in the outskirts of Bologna. We had dinner and at 11.00 o’clock we went to our rooms. The day after we woke up at 7.00 o’clock; we had breakfast and then visited one of the churches of Bologna that was in the square. Later we had a bit of freetime before going to Ravenna.

Nikolas Gerin 2. Z

Wednesday, the 23rd March, was the last day of our school trip to Emilia Romagna. During this day we visited the city of Ferrara where we spent  the whole day. We saw the Estense Castle  with its  beautiful art and history museum. In this museum I bought a souvenir of Ferrara and a necklace with the symbol of  the Templars.

After lunch we saw a very old church, the church of San Paolo which has a lot of nice mosaics and then, at 6.30 p.m. we returned back home.

I like Ferrara because of its Medieval houses and roads which are beautiful!

Thomas Deganutti 2.Z