San Rocco, Neoclassical oratory in Ravenna, Italy

The church of San Rocco stands on Via Castel San Pietro, behind a quadrangular forecourt flanked by two residential buildings, the left one serving as the rectory. Its Neoclassical brick façade, in yellow brick with a pediment, opens through a large marble-framed portal framed by four pilasters and is preceded by a rectangular pronaos on two rows of brick columns with plain marble Corinthian-style capitals, reached by seven Istrian stone steps. A bronze statue of Padre Pio by Tino Neri stands on the right since 1996, and the square bell tower with five bells in A rises behind.

A church dedicated to San Rocco stood on this site from 1583. As the borgo grew and the old building became structurally unsafe, construction of the present church began in 1828 to a design by Ignazio Sarti inspired by the Pantheon in Rome. After the dome collapsed, engineer Luigi Bezzi replaced the circular hall with a rectangular one; the church was completed and consecrated on 11 October 1846.

The oratory has served as a prayer space for the Catholic community since its founding and continues to be maintained by the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. Visitors can observe how the space remains an active part of local religious life and devotion.

The oratory is located on Via Castel San Pietro within walking distance of Ravenna's center. As an active place of worship, visitors should be respectful and mindful of religious activities happening inside.

The church's pipe organ, built by Michelotto in 1984, reuses pipes from an earlier instrument. Its three-part façade has a central cusp of 31 pipes set forward of two 21-pipe side cusps, with mouths cut in a mitre shape.