Sing the praises of a girl back in Italy (7)
I believe the answer is:
ravenna
'in italy' is the definition.
('Ravenna' is part of 'italy')
'sing the praises of a girl back' is the wordplay.
'sing the praises of' becomes 'rave' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a girl' becomes 'Ann' (woman's name).
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'ann' backwards is 'nna'.
'rave'+'nna'='RAVENNA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ravenna that I've seen before include "Italian city with mosaics" , "city in Italy" , "battle" .)