Mosaico di Notte

Tourist information office-Mosaic Temporary Shop
01 July 202505 September 2025
Wednesday, Friday and Tuesday 1st and 15th July, 5th and 19th August
Ravenna, vista dei mosaici dell'abside di San Vitale.

The MOSAICO DI NOTTE tours are back again this year. For over twenty years they have been allowing tourists and art lovers to enjoy the evocative beauty of Ravenna’s monuments in the evening hours.
From 1 July to 5 September, a rich calendar of extraordinary evening openings and nocturnal guided tours will accompany you to discover some of the Ravenna’s most fascinating places and their millenary masterpieces.

Event organized by the Municipality of Ravenna thanks to the precious collaboration of Opera di Religione della Diocesi Ravenna-Cervia, MIC – Ministero della Cultura – Musei nazionali di Ravenna, Fondazione RavennAntica, Istituzione Biblioteca Classense, Istituzione MAR – Museo d’Arte della Città di Ravenna, Musei Byron e del Risorgimento – Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Ravenna. 

Tuesday itinerary

1st and 15th July, 5th and 19th August
DISCOVERING THE BASILICA OF SANT’APOLLINARE IN CLASSE

Meeting point: Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Classe
Time: 8.30 pm / 10 pm

Guided tour of the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe and its crypt (only in Italian).
Info and booking: www.visitravenna.it

Wednesday itinerary

Every Wednesday in July and August
DISCOVERING THE ARIAN BAPTISTERY
Meeting point: Arian Baptistery – Piazzetta degli Ariani
Time: 7 pm
Guided tour of the Arian Baptistery.
Info and booking: www.visitravenna.it

Every Wednesday in July and August
DISCOVERING BYRON AND THE ITALIAN RISORGIMENTO
Meeting point: inner courtyard of Palazzo Guiccioli
Orario: 8 pm
Guided tour of the Byron and Risorgimento Museum.
Info and booking: www.visitravenna.it

Friday itineraries

From 4th July to 5th September, every Friday
THE MOSAICS OF SAN VITALE, GALLA PLACIDIA AND BEYOND
Meeting point: monumental entrance of the Basilica of San Vitale – crossroads between via Argentario and via San Vitale
Time: check options while booking
Guided tour of the Basilica of San Vitale, the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia and the National Museum or the Domus of the Stone Carpets.
Info and booking: www.visitravenna.it

From 4th July to 5th September, every Friday
CONTEMPORARY ART AND APERITIF
Meeting point: Ticket office of the MAR Museum – Via di Roma, 13
Time: 6.15
Guided tour of the permanent collection of contemporary mosaics of the MAR – Ravenna Art Museum and aperitif at Loggetta Lombardesca.
Info and booking: www.visitravenna.it

Every Friday in July
DISCOVERING THE CLASSENSE LIBRARY
Meeting point: Tourist Information Office – Piazza San Francesco, 7
Time: 8.15 pm
Guided tour of the spaces of the Classense Library (only in Italian).
Info and booking: www.visitravenna.it

Extraordinary eventing openings

Tuesday 1st, 15th and Sunday 20th July / 5th and 19th August
Where: Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe
Time: 7.30 pm – 11.30 pm
Last admittance 11 pm

Every Wednesday
Where: Arian Baptistery
Time: 6.30 pm – 10.30 pm
Last admittance 10.15 pm
Where: Byron and Risorgimento Museum
Time: until 10 pm

Every Friday
Where: Basilica of San Vitale, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Time: 9 pm – 11 pm
With regular admission ticket

MOSAICI DI NOTE…DI NOTTE
Where: Basilica of San Vitale, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Time: 9.30 pm
Curated by Conservatorio Statale Giuseppe Verdi
Friday 11th and 25th July / 8th and 22nd August / 5th September
Where: National Museum
Time: until 11.30 pm
Last admittance 11 pm
Friday 11th and 25th July / 8th and 22nd August
NOTTI TRASFIGURATE – MOSAICI DI MUSICA E POESIA
Where: National Museum
Time: 8.45 pm
Guided tour by the National Museum staff, followed by a concert in the form of a dialogue by the Ass. Angelo Mariani.

Location info

Tourist information office-Mosaic Temporary Shop

Piazza S. Francesco, 7, 48121 Ravenna RA

More info

+ 39 0544 482838
+ 39 0544 35404

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