The Planetarium in Ravenna

The planetarium isn’t one of the most known monuments in Ravenna but it is one of the things you must not miss during your stay in this city. If you like watching the stars, the planets and the solar system this is the right place. There’s a big room with 56 seat covered by a dome of 8 meters diameters where the artificial image of the sky vault is cast on, as you should see it to the naked eye (if there weren’t light and air pollution). The lights turn off and you can see a few meters from your eyes 3000 stars divided in two hemispheres: from the Polar star to the Magellanic clouds, from the constellation of Cassiopeia to the Southern cross. An automatic mechanism allows you to control and to speed up the movements of the stars and of the planets to show you the alternation between night and day and to watch all the planets of the solar system while doing their orbits around the sun. Outside the building there’s a big sundial with two quadrants and a circle of Hipparchus that calculates the moment of the equinoxes.

How to get here: In the public gardens, 300 meters from the station. By car or by bus n° 4.
When: Every Tuesday at 9 pm. To make an appointment call: 0039 054462534
Tickets: 5 €