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Ravina

Ravina was the name of two Jewish sages (amoraim) from the time of the gemara:

  • Ravina I (died 421)
  • Ravina II (fl. 5th century), nephew and successor of the above

It is also the surname of:

  • Mark Ravina, a scholar of Japanese history
  • Jean-Henri Ravina, a French virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher

It is also the name of an estate:

  • Ravina (Lordville, New York), listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Place
Ravina (Lordville, New York)

Ravina is a national historic district located at Lordville, a hamlet in the Town of Hancock in Delaware County, New York. The district contains six contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures. It encompasses a small rural estate consisting of the main house, guest bungalow, garage, caretakers' dwelling, wood shed, and distinctive landscape features. The main residence is a three-by-three-bay, 2-story wood-frame building listed in the Sears catalog of prefabricated houses as "Shadow Lawn." It and the bungalow were built in 1926–1927.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.