Catania: Historical Place
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Nestled within the vibrant city of Catania, Italy lies a hidden gem of historical and architectural significance: the Terme della Rotonda. This ancient structure, now standing as a testament to Catania's rich cultural past, is a former Roman bathhouse that was later...
Palazzo Biscari
Palazzo Biscari is a baroque gem nestled in the heart of Catania, a vibrant city on the east coast of Sicily, Italy. This historic palace, which doubles as a museum, stands as a testament to the wealth and grandeur of the Sicilian nobility of the 18th century.
Piazza del Duomo
Piazza del Duomo is the main city square in Catania, Italy, flanked by both the centers of civic and religious power.
San Biagio
San Biagio, previously called Sant'Agata alla Fornace or La Fornace or Carcara is a Neoclassical architecture, Roman Catholic parish church located at the western edge of the Piazza Stesicoro in the quartiere San Biagio della Calcarella, of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.
Monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena
The Monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena in Catania, Sicily is a former Benedictine monastery, located on Piazza Dante 30 in the city of Catania, region of Sicily, Italy. After the Mafra, this abbey is the second largest Benedictine monastery in Europe.
San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata
San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.
Piazza Stesicoro
Piazza Stesicoro is a rectangular city square in the historic center of the city of Catania, in Sicily, Italy. The piazza is frequently host to markets. The circumvalent street is bisected by Via Etna and at the eastern end opens to the modern boulevard of corso Sicilia.
San Benedetto
Historic church with a baroque interior San Benedetto is a late-Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic church and former Benedictine monastery in the city Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.
Roman amphitheater
The Amphitheatre of Catania is a Roman amphitheatre in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy, built in the Roman Imperial period, probably in the 2nd century AD, on the northern edge of the ancient city at the base of the Montevergine hill.
Porta Garibaldi
The Porta Garibaldi, originally built as the Porta Ferdinandea or Porta Ferdinanda, is a triumphal arch, built in 1768, located at the end of Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, between the Piazza Palestro and Piazza Crocifisso in the quartiere Fortino of Catania, region of Sicily, Italy.
Porta Uzeda
The Uzeda gate connects Piazza Duomo to Via Dusmet, in the heart of eighteenth-century Catania.
Pozzo di Gammazita
The Well of Gammazita is a site located in the historical center of Catania, in the southwest area of the city adjacent to the ancient city walls known as the curtain wall of Gamma Zita at the courtyard of the same name, and refers to a legendary...
Terme dell'Indirizzo
Together with Terme della Rotonda, Terme Achilliane, Terme di Piazza Dante, and Terme di Sant'Antonio, Terme dell'Indirizzo are one of the many Roman bath complexes in the city of Catania.













