Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Catania, Italy
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6.5 km
108 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: Teatro Angelo Musco
The Angelo Musco Theater is located in Via Umberto I in Catania and was the first seat of the Teatro Stabile di Catania.
Sight 2: Città della Scienza
The City of Science, also known as the City of Science of Catania to distinguish it from the Neapolitan structure of the same name, is an initiative of promotion and scientific dissemination managed by volunteers coming mainly from the University of Catania and located in an old sulfur refinery located in via Simeto in Catania, not far from the central station. It consists of an interactive science museum consisting of five sections called islands, an exhibition area distributed along a suspended corridor, an auditorium, some laboratories and a refreshment area.
Sight 3: Fontana dei Malavoglia
The Malavoglia Fountain is a monumental fountain in the city of Catania, located in Piazza Giovanni Verga, which includes an artistic sculptural group that stylizes an episode of Verga's famous work I Malavoglia (1881).
Sight 4: Basilica Santuario di Maria Santissima Annunziata al Carmine
The Santuario della Madonna del Carmine also called Basilica di Maria Santissima Annunziata al Carmine, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica church and Marian sanctuary located on Piazza Carlo Alberto, in the town of Catania, Sicily.
Wikipedia: Santuario della Madonna del Carmine, Catania (EN)
Sight 5: Chiesa San Gaetano alle Grotte
San Gaetano alle Grotte is a church in Catania, region of Sicily, southern Italy. The flank of this small church faces Piazza Carlo Alberto where the minor basilica church of the Santuario della Madonna del Carmine is located. ,
Sight 6: Monumento a Vincenzo Bellini
The Monument to Vincenzo Bellini is an outdoor monument located on Piazza Stesicoro, in the city of Catania, Sicily, Italy. Grandbeggers place
Sight 7: Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo ai Minoriti
San Michele Arcangelo ai Minoriti is a Roman Catholic parish church and attached monastery in the city center of Catania, region of Sicily, Italy. The former monastery, to the left of the facade, now houses shops on the ground-floor, and above are the offices of the Provincial government and the Prefettura or Prefecture.
Sight 8: Chiesa di 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. The church overlooks a portion of the ruins of the former Ancient Roman amphitheater, while behind the apse in succession are two other churches dedicated in honor of St Agatha of Sicily: the church of Sant'Agata al Carcere and two blocks west facing the opposite direction is Sant'Agata la Vetere.
Sight 9: Chiesa di Sant'Agata al Carcere
Santa Agata al Carcere, sometimes called Santo Carcere or the Carcere church is a Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Santo Carcere #7, in the city of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of three nearly adjacent churches dedicated in honor of St Agatha of Sicily in this neighborhood, the other two being Sant'Agata alla Fornace and Sant'Agata la Vetere.
Sight 10: Villa Cerami
The Villa Cerami of Catania was the residence of the Red Family of Cerami, branch of the Red family. Today is the headquarters of the Department of Law of the University of Catania.
Sight 11: 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. Only a small section of the structure is now visible, below ground level, to the north of Piazza Stesicoro. This area is now the historic centre of the city, but was then on the outskirts of the ancient town and also occupied by the necropolis of Catania. The structure is part of the Parco archeologico greco-romano di Catania.
Sight 12: Ipogeo di Sant'Euplio
The Church of Sant'Euplio was a place of worship in Catania in the "Porta di Aci" district, opposite that of "Sant'Euplio ad Martyres", destroyed by bombing during World War II. Today the transept and the right wall of the single nave of the old building remain standing, which was rebuilt and inaugurated around 1964 in another area of the city, in the "Petriera" district.
Sight 13: Villa Bellini
The Giardino Bellini is the oldest urban park of Catania.
Sight 14: Teatro Metropolitan
The Cine-Teatro Metropolitan is a cinema and theater in Catania, Italy.
Sight 15: Chiesa di San Domenico
San Domenico, also called Santa Maria la Grande is a Roman Catholic church and active convent located on piazza San Domenico in the quartiere di Santa Maria la Grande, in Catania, region of Sicily, Italy. The church stands about two blocks north of the church of Sant'Agata la Vetere on via Santa Maddalena. The neoclassical-style, late 17th-century church houses a few prominent altarpieces that survived the 1693 catastrophe in Catania.
Sight 16: Chiesa di Sant'Agata la Vetere
Sant’Agata la Vetere is a Roman Catholic church located in the piazza of the same name in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. East of church and nearby, but facing in the other direction, are two other churches dedicated in honor of St Agatha of Sicily: the church of Sant'Agata al Carcere and two blocks east on Piazza Stesicoro is Sant'Agata alla Fornace, now known San Biagio.
Sight 17: Torre del Vescovo
The Bishop's Tower is a medieval tower in Catania, Italy.
Sight 18: Santa Maria di Gesù
Santa Maria di Gesù is a Roman Catholic parish church located on #18 of the piazza of the same name, near its intersection with Viale Regina Margherita, just northwest of Villa Bellini park, in the city of Catania, Region of Sicily, Italy.
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