Welcome to the twinning association site of the City of Chichester in West Sussex and the City of Ravenna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Our Next Our Event will be …

‘As it was, where it was’:

The Fall and Rise of the Campanile of San Marco, Venice.

On Thursday 11 June 2026

An illustrated talk by Sarah Quill

In July 1902 the famous bell-tower of St Mark’s Venice, the city’s totemic symbol, collapsed into a pile of rubble, crushing Sansovino’s sixteenth-century Loggetta beneath it and narrowly missing the slender columns of the Basilica. News of the disaster flashed by telegram round the world, and the shock and distress felt by Venetians at the sudden loss of their landmark campanile was intense.

Click here to see full details about this event and how to attend.

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Friends of Ravenna activities and benefits of membership :

Monthly meetings, with an Italian theme, on either cultural, historical, musical or lifestyle topics
Biennial visits between the members of the Chichester and Ravenna twinning associations
Projects between our cities with clubs, local societies and educational organisations
Italian conversation groups
Circulation of a quarterly newsletter
We meet in the Assembly Room of the Council House in North Street in Chichester PO19 1LQ. The meetings regularly start at 7.30 p.m.