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 …

The Red Brigades: A history of an Italian terrorist group.

On Monday 27 April 2026

An illustrated talk by John Foot

A far-left militant group, the Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse) were responsible for numerous violent attacks during Italy’s Years of Lead. In March 1978 they kidnapped former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, murdering his bodyguards. For nearly two months, they held him hostage while a shocked world looked on

The Red Brigades: Illustrated talk by Historian John Foot

John Foot is Professor of Modern Italian History in the Department of Italian, University of Bristol. He has published 10 books on aspects of Italian history, culture and politics – including studies on football, memory, psychiatry and a history of post-1945 Italy.

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.