With its 18th-century appearance, it stands on the remains of an older building, perhaps a Roman Basilica, of which 32 surviving columns were transported to the current Piazza Mazzini, at the time known as 'Plano de la Herbe' or the herb market,...
In the center of Piazza Martiri, on a column, stands the statue of Saint Agatha, depicted as she tramples a dragon. It was erected by the Senate in 1743 to commemorate the city's escape from the plague. Legend has it that the saint's relics were...
The Catania Sea Museum was inaugurated on April 8, 2000, thanks to the initiative of the San Maria di Ognina Committee Association and the local fishermen. It is a historical-anthropological-scientific museum that collects various artifacts of...
On the first floor of the central seat of the University, built after the 1693 earthquake. In the museum there are documents and antiques of the university history and life, medals and seals, picture of distinguished men of Catania, degree...
The museum was founded by sculptor Nino Valenziano Santangelo, who has been working with lava stone since 1978. It exhibits 306 sculptures depicting myths from the Greco-Roman, cinematic, and literary worlds, as well as figures from Sicilian...
The Sicilian Landing Museum - 1943 is dedicated to the historical event that marked the beginning of the liberation of Sicily and Italy from German occupation during World War II. On July 10th, American and British forces landed on the eastern...