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Amenano Fountain

The Amenano Fountain was created by the sculptor Tito Angelini in 1867...

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Basilica of San Nicolò l’Arena

The Basilica of San Nicolò l’Arena is one of the most imposing...

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Benedictine Monastery

The Benedictine Monastery dates back the 1700s and probably looks more like...

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Biscari Museum

The Biscari Museum was founded in 1934 to bring together different collections,...

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Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden of the University of Catania came about after a...

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Catania Harbour

Catania harbour is one of the largest in Sicily. Situated on the...

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Cathedral

Erected some time between the 11th and 12th Century the splendid Cathedral...

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Chiesa di San Domenico

Walk along the Via Cappuccini in Catania in order to reach the...

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Chiesa di Sant'Agata la Vetere

The Chiesa di Sant’Agata la Vetere in Catania was built sometime in...

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Chiesa di Santa Chiara

The Chiesa di Santa Chiara in Catania is located along Via Castello...

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Church of San Benedetto

The Church of San Benedetto is sited on top a high flight...

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Church of San Giuliano

The church of San Giuliano was designed and built by Vaccarini around...

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Church of San Nicolò

The construction of the church of San Nicolò began in 1687, but...

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Church of San Placido

The 18th Century church of San Placido in Catania is situated in...

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Church of Sant'Agata

The Church of Sant’Agata is sited close to the city’s Duomo and...

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Church of St Francesco Borgia

In front of the Church of St Francesco Borgia there is a...

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Clerical Seminary

The Clerical Seminary was built sometime in the 16th Century, but unfortunately...

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Etna Natural Preserve

The Etna Natural Preserve that was founded in 1987 is the first...

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Fontana dell’Elefante

The statue of a black elephant stands in the Piazza del Duomo...

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House of Giovanni Verga

The House of Giovanni Verga is an 18th Century building where the...

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Jesuit College

The former college of the Jesuits was built between 1698 and 1736...

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La Fontana de Proserpina

La Fontana de Proserpina is a monumental sculpture in Catania. It was...

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La Fontana dei Malavoglia

Catania has a number of modern pieces of architecture and sculpture, and...

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Le Ciminiere

The Le Ciminiere exhibition centre is one of the best examples of...

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Mount Etna

Mount Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe and shaped the...

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Museo Civico Belliniano

The museum is located on the second floor of an apartment where...

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Museo Diocesano

The museum is dedicated to St. Agatha, patron saint of Catania. Agatha...

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Museo Emilio Greco

The Museo Emilio Greco in Catania has on display a collection of...

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Museum of Childhood

The Museum of Childhood in Catania is not too well publicised and...

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Museum of the Military Landing

Catania’s Museum of the Military Landing in Sicily - 1943 has many...

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Palaeontology Museum

The Palaeontology Museum was founded at the beginning of the 19th Century...

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Palazzo Biscari

The Palazzo Biscari built after the 1693 earthquake is thought to be...

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Palazzo Municipale

The Palazzo Municipale was built towards the end of the 12th Century...

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Piazza Mazzini

The Piazza Mazzini in Catania is situated to the north of the...

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Porta Garibaldi

The Via Garibaldi in Catania ends at the Porta Garibaldi. This was...

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Porta Uzeda

The Porta Uzeda in Catania was built in 1500. Around 1696 this...

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Roman Amphitheatre

Second only the Colosseum and the Arena of Verona, the Roman Amphitheatre...

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Roman Theatre

Between the Piazza San Francesco and the Via Vittorio Emanuele and completely...

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S. S. Biagio

The S. S. Biagio dates from the 1700s and is dedicated to...

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San Francesco d'Assisi

The church of San Francesco d’Assisi all’Immacolata is an excellent example of...

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Santa Maria dell'Elemosina

The Collegiate Church or Basilica of Santa Maria dell’Elemosina was built in...

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Santuario del Carmine

Just past Catania’s Piazza Stesicoro, along the Via San Gaetano alla Grotta...

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Santuario di Sant'Agata

The 15th Century Baroque Santuario di Sant’Agata al Carcere is set in...

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Simeto Natural Preserve

The Simeto Natural Preserve is a protected area surrounding the Simeto –...

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Skiing on Mount Etna

Skiing on Mount Etna is available from 1 January to 30 Apr...

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Ursino Castle

Believed to have been built some time between 1239 and 1250, Ursino...

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Via dei Crociferi

The Via dei Crociferi was built after the 1693 earthquake and gets...

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Villa Bellini

The Villa Bellini is Catania’s public garden of the city’s inhabitants. It...

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Villa Cerami

The Villa Cerami building is the grandiose residence of Prince Rosso di...

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Vincenzo Bellini Theatre

The Vincenzo Bellini theatre can be found in the old city of...

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