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The Tomb of Dante is a small neoclassical temple built in 1780–1782 to a design by Camillo Morigia, beside the Basilica of San Francesco. Inside, the urn holding the poet's remains carries a Latin epitaph, above it a 1483 marble relief of Dante by Pietro Lombardo, and a lamp burning oil from the Tuscan hills hangs from the ceiling.

Ravenna Cathedral, dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ, stands on the site of the Basilica Ursiana, built by Bishop Ursus in the early 5th century. The present church was rebuilt in the 18th century by the Rimini architect Gianfrancesco Buonamici on the old plan; the round bell tower and the crypt survive from the 10th-century building.