Art and Culture Tour

Itinerary to discover the historic city center

PALAZZO PLATAMONE

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CATHEDRAL SQUARE.

The square is the place where the whole city meets for the most solemn events. The buildings, works of art, and archaeological memories ...

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Elephant Fountain (u liotru)

The Elephant Fountain is a monumental work created between 1735 and 1737 by the architect Giovanni Battista Vaccarini. It is located in ...

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CATHEDRAL BASILICA - CATHEDRAL

It is dedicated to St. Agatha, repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt stands on the site of the Achilles baths

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ELEPHANT PALACE

the Palace of the Elephants is the seat of Catania's city hall and is located on the north side of Piazza Duomo.

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TOWN MUSEUM OF URSINE CASTLE

Catania's Ursino Castle was built by Frederick II of Swabia in the 13th century. The manor had some visibility during the Sicilian Vespe...

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VERGA HOUSE MUSEUM

The Giovanni Verga house museum in Catania was the birthplace of the famous Italian writer, one of the most fundamental representatives ...

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VINCENZO BELLINI MUSEUM

The house museum is where the great musician was born and lived. Memorabilia tells the story of the life of one of Catania's most belove...

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CHURCH OF S. FRANCESCO D'ASSISI AT IMMACULATA

The place has ancient origins and was the site of a temple dedicated to the goddess Demeter

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Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi

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ROMAN THEATRE

In via Vittorio Emanuele behind the anonymous facade of a building opens the cavea of the ancient theater, an extraordinary place of arc...

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VIA DEI CROCIFERI

The most scenic Sicilian Baroque street is considered one of the most beautiful streets in Italy.

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CHURCH OF BENEDICTINE AND MONASTERY

The church is part of the magnificent Baroque scenography of via dei Crociferi. From the staircase of the angels you enter the hall of t...

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CHURCH OF S. FRANCESCO BORGIA

It is located on the scenic Via dei Crociferi.

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CHURCH OF SAN GIULIANO

In front of the monumental Jesuit College, in the scenic Baroque Via dei Crociferi, the elegant church of S. Giuliano with the Benedicti...

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ANFITEATRO ROMANO

Progetto di riqualificazione percorso di visita dell’anfiteatro romano di Catania

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