Editing Ravenna (section)

===Modern age===

In the 17th and 18th Centuries, Ravenna was part of the Papal States up until 1796, when it was annexed into the French puppet state of the [[Cisalpine Republic]] / [[Italian Republic (Napoleonic)|Italian Republic]], and then made part of the [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)]] in 1802. It was returned to the Papal States in 1814. Occupied by Piedmontese troops in 1859, Ravenna and the surrounding [[Romagna]] area became part of the new unified [[unification of Italy|Kingdom of Italy]] in 1861.

During [[World War II]], the town suffered severe damage. Fifty-two Allied bombing raids during the course of the Second World War had taken their toll, destroying some of Ravenna's noteworthy, unequalled early Christian art. Bombs intended for the railway station and its sidings had pulverised the [[San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna|Basilica of San Giovanni Evangelista]] in August 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-past.com/feature/the-riches-of-ravenna/|title=The riches of Ravenna|date=10 December 2020|access-date=5 January 2023|archive-date=5 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105130752/https://the-past.com/feature/the-riches-of-ravenna/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 5 November 1944 troops of 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, 5th Canadian Armoured Division and the British [[27th Lancers]] entered and liberated Ravenna. A total of 937 Commonwealth soldiers who died in the winter of 1944–45 are buried in Ravenna War Cemetery, including 438 Canadians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/canada-Italy-1943-to-1945|title=Canada - Italy 1943-1945 - the Second World War - History - Remembrance - Veterans Affairs Canada|date=23 June 2021|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=7 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507055850/https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/canada-Italy-1943-to-1945|url-status=live}}</ref>