After planting a tree at the ambassador’s residence in Rome, where they have been staying, the King and Queen flew to ancient Ravenna on the final day of their state visit to Italy.
Charles and Camilla visited the final resting place of the famous Italian literary figure Dante.
Charles planted a tree donated by Italian President Sergio Mattarella from the Castelporziano Estatein in the gardens of the ambassador’s residence, Villa Wolkonsky, in Rome (Victoria Jones/PA)Charles and Camilla arrive at Forli Airport, on the last day of the four-day state visit to Italy (Victoria Jones/PA)The King meets wellwishers as he arrives at the Piazza San Francesco, in Ravenna (Phil Noble/PA)The King and Queen on a walkabout in Ravenna (Phil Noble/PA)The King arrives at the Basilica di San Vitale and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna (Aaron Chown/PA)The King and Queen were greeted in Ravenna by wellwishers holding arum lilies and white roses (Phil Noble/PA)Charles and Camilla at Dante’s Tomb at the Piazza San Francesco in Ravenna (Phil Noble/PA)People cheering the arrival of Charles and Camilla (Phil Noble/PA)Charles and Camilla were visiting Dante’s Tomb in Ravenna (Aaron Chown/PA)A view inside the Basilica di San Vitale (Aaron Chown/PA)The King was shown around the Basilica di San Vitale which has mosaics from the 5th and 6th centuries (Victoria Jones/PA)The Queen tastes a drink during a visit to a UK-Emilia Romagna Food Festival at Piazza del Popolo, in the heart of Ravenna (Chris Jackson/PA)Charles and Camilla wave from a balcony in the Piazza del Popolo (Aaron Chown/PA)Detail of jewellery worn by the Queen (Chris Jackson/PA)A mosaic illustrating the coronation of Charles and Camilla on display in the basilica grounds (Aaron Chown/PA)
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