Renzo Ravenna was an Italian lawyer and politician. He belonged to a prominent Jewish family in Ferrara and was, with Enrico Paolo Salem in Trieste, one of only two Fascist mayors of Jewish origin in Italy before the introduction of the racial laws.
The six Ravenna brothers in 1908. Standing, back, from left: Renzo (1893 - 1961), Gino (1889 - Auschwitz 1944), Alba (1891 - Auschwitz 1944); foreground: Margherita (1885 - Auschwitz 1944), Lina (1896 - 1970) and Bianca (1886 - 1944).
Ariostea Square in Ferrara. The Ravenna family moved to a house on Corso Porta Mare across from it in 1898, after having lived in Via Vittoria in the ghetto for generations.
Italo Balbo
Epigraph commemorating Cesare Battisti's speech in Ferrara, November 27, 1914. Inviting the Trentino irredentist was the then 21-year-old Renzo Ravenna, future mayor of the city.
Palazzo Municipale of Ferrara
The Municipal Palace of Ferrara is located in Piazza del Municipio 2. It was the ducal residence of the Este family until the 16th century, when the court moved to the nearby Castello Estense. It is the seat of the municipality of Ferrara.
Town Hall building, façade on Corso Martiri della Libertà