Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Catania, Italy
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2.2 km
37 m
Experience Catania in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in CataniaIndividual Sights in CataniaSight 1: Fontana dei Delfini
The Fountain of the Dolphins is located in Catania in Piazza Vincenzo Bellini in front of the Teatro Massimo.
Sight 2: Teatro Massimo Bellini
The Teatro Massimo Bellini is an opera house located on Piazza Vincenzo Bellini in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. Named after the local-born composer Vincenzo Bellini, it was inaugurated on 31 May 1890 with a performance of the composer's masterwork, Norma. It seats 1,200.
Sight 3: Chiesa di San Placido
San Placido is a Roman Catholic church and former-Benedictine monastery located on the piazza of the same name in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. The complex, two blocks east of the Catania Cathedral, spans a polygonal block encompassed by the Via Vittorio Emanuele II on the north, the via Landolina to the east, the via Museo Biscari on a south diagonal, and to the west the piazza San Placido and Via Porticello. Part of the convent is occupied by the Palazzo della Cultura, used for cultural activities and exhibitions. The Monastero di San Placido also serves presently as the Archivio di Stato di Catania.
Sight 4: Cappella Bonajuto
The so-called Bonajuto or Salvaterello chapel is an archaeological site in the Civita district of Catania. Its religious function and foundation in Byzantine times has been suggested.
Sight 5: Fontana delle Conchiglie
The Fountain of the Shells is located in the center of Piazza Mario Cutelli in Catania.
Sight 6: Teatro Coppola
The Coppola Theater was the first municipal theater in Catania, inaugurated in 1821. Destroyed by a bombing on 8 July 1943 and then transformed into a scenographic laboratory of the Teatro Massimo Vincenzo Bellini, it was later abandoned. It was then reopened, following the occupation by volunteer citizens, on December 16, 2011.
Sight 7: Pozzo di Gammazita
The Well of Gammazita is a site located in the historic center of Catania, in the south-west area of the city adjacent to the ancient city walls called the curtain wall of Gamma Zita near the courtyard of the same name, and refers to a legendary tale that took place at the time of the Angevin domination in Sicily, during the War of the Vespers.
Sight 8: Museo Civico Castello Ursino
The Civic Museum of Catania has been located inside the Ursino Castle since October 20, 1934.
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