Description
Catania's Quattro Canti (Four Corners) is the crossroads of Via Etnea and Via Antonino di Sangiuliano, in the historic center: four noble palaces with beveled corners that turn the intersection into a small octagonal square, one to cross as you stroll along Via Etnea.
The four buildings share the same style, even though they were built years apart. To the southeast is Palazzo Geraci-Guerrera; to the northeast Palazzo Carcaci, of the Paternò Castello, Dukes of Carcaci; to the northwest Palazzo San Demetrio, first of the Massa di San Gregorio and then of the Platania di San Demetrio; to the southwest the convent of San Nicolella.
From a balcony of the southeast palace, in the summer of 1862, Giuseppe Garibaldi launched his famous "Rome or death!" From 1915 to 1935 the crossroads was also crossed by the tracks of the tram to Acireale.
The four buildings share the same style, even though they were built years apart. To the southeast is Palazzo Geraci-Guerrera; to the northeast Palazzo Carcaci, of the Paternò Castello, Dukes of Carcaci; to the northwest Palazzo San Demetrio, first of the Massa di San Gregorio and then of the Platania di San Demetrio; to the southwest the convent of San Nicolella.
From a balcony of the southeast palace, in the summer of 1862, Giuseppe Garibaldi launched his famous "Rome or death!" From 1915 to 1935 the crossroads was also crossed by the tracks of the tram to Acireale.