VERDIANA BAIONI
Via Molise, 6
48121 Ravenna
Tel/Fax (39) 0544 502061
Mobile (39) 333 8414130
e-mail: verdiana.baioni@ad-arte.com
e-mail: verdianabaioni@alice.it

Foreign languages: English, French, German
Guide for Ravenna and province, Po Delta (Comacchio, Codigoro, Pomposa)
Tour escort

Verdiana has been a guide since 1968. After graduating from the Language High School, she attended various study workshops in England, France and Germany. From 1969 to 1985 she was PA and Head of the Foreign Relations Department in an important international company. Her experience in the tourist sector is considerable, ranging from interpreter to organizer-assistant in conferences, cultural exhibitions and trade fairs, on behalf of public administrations, institutions and the private sector.

MONICA BALBI
Via Zalamella, 62
48123 Ravenna
Tel/Fax (39) 0544 500094
Mobile (39) 338 3913293
e-mail: monica.balbi@ad-arte.com

Foreign languages: English, Spanish
Guide for Ravenna and province, Po Delta (Comacchio, Codigoro, Pomposa, Mesola, Goro)

Monica graduated in Classics and Archaeology from the University of Bologna, with a thesis on Antiquities in Ravenna. She has been involved in many archaeological digs in Emilia Romagna and has worked with the Centre of Archaeological Operations in Ravenna, the Ravenna Archaeology Group (of which she is former Chairwoman), the University of Bologna, CSR and TECNE. Monica's expertise has taken her to Macedonia where she was awarded a grant to excavate and restore Byzantine frescos. She has also worked on various archaeological exhibitions at the Museo Nazionale in Ravenna and has held teaching courses at the Museum of San Pietro in Campiano near Ravenna, the Roman Ship Museum in Comacchio, the Roman Villa in Russi and the Ancient Port of Classis.

BRUNELLA FOSCHI
Via Dradi, 41
48123 Ravenna
Tel/Fax (39) 0544 500389
Mobile (39) 320 7116591

Foreign languages: French
Guide for Ravenna and province, Codigoro and Pomposa

Brunella has a degree in French language and literature, with an award-winning thesis on Marcel Proust at the French Institute of the University of Bologna. She has taught French in several High Schools in the Ravenna area and has been working for many years with the Italian-French Cultural Association, where she was former Secretary. Brunella is one of the founders of the “Giovanna Bosi Maramotti” Adult University in Ravenna, where for a decade she was Director of Courses. Presently she is teaching Italian and Foreign Literature at the University.

PAOLA GOLINELLI
Via Gozzadini, 5/2
40124 Bologna
Tel/Fax (39) 051 6369793
Mobile (39) 329 3017226
e-mail: paola.golinelli@ad-arte.com

Foreign languages: English, German
Guide for Ravenna and province, Bologna and province, Po Delta (Mesola, Goro, Gorino, Comacchio, Pomposa)
Tour escort and interpreter

Paola has been a guide since 1985. After completing her studies at the Classical High School, she obtained a Language diploma from the College of Interpreters and Translators in Bologna and attended several language courses in Cambridge and Munich, before obtaining a degree in Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Bologna. She has edited various publications, including guides to the Osservanza in Bologna and the Church of Santa Maria in Porto in Ravenna for the Del Monte Foundation of Ravenna and Bologna. Paola accompanies many delegations to visit Emilia Romagna on behalf of regional and local government.

PAOLA GUERRA
Via Oriani, 20
48022 Lugo (Ravenna)
Tel/Fax (39) 0545 35109
Mobile (39) 339 3165490
e-mail: paola.guerra@ad-arte.com

Foreign languages: English
Guide for Ravenna
Tour escort

Paola became a guide in 1990, after graduating from the Classical High School and obtaining a degree in Languages and Philosophy at the University of Bologna, where she specialized in the Arts, Theatre and Music. She has attended several specialist courses, including Art History at the Adult University in Lugo and International Commerce at CCIA in Ravenna. She is a keen singer and since she was young she has been a choir member of the Schola Cantorum of the Church of St. James in Lugo, which has held many Mozart and Bach concerts around Italy. Paola has also attended a music course at the Catholic University in Milan.

NADIA SMANIO
Via Cavarretta, 6
47922 Rimini
Tel/Fax (39) 0541 733647
Mobile (39) 347 4610706
e-mail: nadia.smanio@ad-arte.com
e-mail: nadiasm@tin.it

Foreign languages: English
Guide for Ravenna and Cervia, Forlì - Cesena and province, Rimini and province
Environmental Tour Guide

After getting a First Class Honours degree at the Faculty of National Heritage Conservation, Nadia then specialized in the study of stone materials and mosaics used in works of art. She has worked on various excavation sites in Italy and abroad and then she has worked for the organization of cultural events, including exhibitions in Ravenna and Milan. As a consequence of her passion for spreading the knowledge of local heritage, she successfully took the tour guide exams in 1994 and at the moment is complimenting this job by teaching History of Art.