Historic center of Catania - Centro storico di Catania

Historic center of Catania is a district of the city of Catania.

To know

Heliodorus and U liotru

The elephant of Piazza Duomo Heliodorus is a semi-legendary character from Catania considered a joker magician. A legend binds him or liotru, the lava stone elephant of Piazza Duomo. This tells that Eliodoro himself had sculpted the statue by forging it from the lava of theEtna, to then ride it while it performed its magic. The name itself Liotru it would be a popular corruption of the name Eliodoro. Tradition also has it that Heliodorus, after animating his elephant, raged through the city riding the magical animal, making the life of its inhabitants impossible. In reality, nothing is known about the historical origin of the elephant, it is thought that it may be a Roman monument.

How to orient yourself

Neighborhoods

• 37.49689715.0852881 Guardian Angels
• 37.50535615.0807992 Ancient Course
• 37.50228615.0926363 Civita - is a district in the south-eastern part of the city not far from the so-called arches of the railway line.
• 37.49979815.0731024 Fortino
• 37.50175515.0849565 Giudecca - the former Jewish quarter of the city located east of Via Etnea between the fish market and the Benedictine monastery.
• 37.50555615.0908336 San Berillo
• 37.49858615.0790637 San Cristoforo

How to get

On the train

• 37.492815.07471 Catania Acquicella, Piazza Acquicella Station, 10. Timetable. Station of the category silver, managed by RFI (FS). Station without assistance service for People with Reduced Mobility.  

On boat

• 37.4945115.097152 Port of Catania, Port of Catania, ☎ 39 095 531 667 (port authorities). rates per length. continuous access. The Port consisting of an artificial basin protected to the east by the eastern pier and to the south by the south pier is divided into three areas: Porto Vecchio - Porto Nuovo - Porto Peschereccio. Seabed: muddy on the quay from 3 to 8 m. Radio: VHF channel 16 - 11 Catania Harbor Master's Office Radio, continuous service. Prohibition of anchoring / mooring at commercial docks.  

How to get around

The center of Catania should be visited mainly on foot as there are many pedestrianized areas with traffic restrictions.

There are several city buses with which it is possible to move around it.

The preferential bus lanes can be traveled by bicycle.

By subway

• 37.50166715.0953 Port. The station is suspended from the indeterminate service.  
• 37.507815.08894 Stesicoro. Final metro station, awaiting the completion of the works that will add other stations.  

By car

• 37.50862115.0896795 Catania Center Parking, Via Cosentino, 40, ☎ 30 095 313939. Mon-Sun 00-24. Multi-storey pay parking. 
• 37.50884315.09226 parking area, Via Maddem, 8. 
• 37.50694715.0904787 parking area, Via Luigi Rizzo, 12. 

What see

The missing attractions are included in the individual districts. (see above)

Piazza Duomo area

• 37.50177815.0876111 Uzeda Gate, Via Etnea, Duomo. free access. Opened in 1696 in the sixteenth-century walls, it concludes the long straight line of Via Etnea to the south, connecting the central area with the port area, which lies beyond the railway viaduct.  

• 37.50202815.0869722 Fountain of the Amenano (the water or 'linzolu), Piazza del Duomo (Bus stop Via Garibaldi 10: lines № 503, 830, 902 and 932). Scenic fountain built in 1867 by the Neapolitan master Tito Angelini in Carrara marble, which uses the waters of the underground river of the same name. The water or 'linzolu, as the people of Catania call this beloved fountain (due to the sheet-shaped water jet) which is located right at the entrance of the renowned fish market.  

• 37.502515.087083 Elephant Fountain (u Liotru), Piazza del Duomo (Bus stop Via Garibaldi 10: lines № 503, 830, 902 and 932). Free access. The Fountain erected in 1736 (by the architect Giovan Battista Vaccarini) according to the Roman Baroque models offered by Gianlorenzo Bernini, using archaeological finds, represents three civilizations: the Punic, the Egyptian and the Christian. In the center there is a black basalt statue depicting an elephant, symbol of the defeat of the Carthaginians who came to conquer the city astride the enormous pachyderms and commonly called u Liotru, represents the Punic civilization, and is considered the emblem of the Sicilian city. This is surmounted by an obelisk, probably brought to Catania from Egypt at the time of the Crusades, it belonged to the Roman Circus Maximus and represents the Egyptian civilization. Crowning the monument at the top are agatine stylistic elements (the globe, the cross and the palms), which represent Christian civilization.  

• 37.50305615.0869444 Palace of the Elephants (formerly Palazzo del Senato), Piazza del Duomo, St. Agata (on the north side of the Piazza del Duomo.). Building built after the 1693 earthquake in Baroque style, it is the seat of today's Town Hall.  

• 37.502515.0880565 Church of Sant'Agata (Catania Cathedral), Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 163, Duomo (Piazza del Duomo), ☎ 39 095320044, fax: 39 095320044. Built (in the 11th century) on the remains of the Achilliane baths, it was rebuilt in 1169 and after the earthquake of 1693. The apses, visible from the courtyard of the Archbishopric, and part of the upper transept remain of the original Norman fortified architecture.

Outside, the main facade with two rows of columns (erected from 1733 to 1761, architect G. B. Vaccarini). On the left side there is a valuable marble portal (erected in 1577, architect Giandomenico Mazzolo). The marble balustrade with statues of saints is of the century. XIX, like the eclectic bell tower. The grates on the ground near the entrance are used for the ventilation of the Terme Achillee (parts not open to the public), which extend under the church, the seminary and the square opposite.

Inside, three naves divided by pillars and side altars (from the 17th century). Interesting in addition to all the monsters and sacred relics in the cathedral is certainly also the fresco depicting Catania hit by the eruption of theEtna from 1669 (painting from 1679, painter Giacinto Platania). The restorations have brought to light structural elements of the previous Norman construction in the transept. In the right transept another marble portal (from 1545), with scenes from the life of the Virgin, gives access to the chapel of the Madonna. In the chapel, on the right wall, the tomb of Constance of Aragon (from 1363) and on the left wall a Roman sarcophagus (III century) with the remains of the Aragonese who resided in Catania. On the second pillar the tomb of Vincenzo Bellini (from 1876).  

• 37.50240615.0874036 Achilliane Baths, Piazza del Duomo, ☎ 39 095281635 (Diocesan Museum). Full admission € 5, reduced € 3. Mon-Fri 09: 00-14: 00 and ticket office at the Diocesan Museum, Sat 09: 00-13: 00 and ticket office at the Diocesan Museum, Sun 10: 00-13: 00 and ticket office on site. Thermal complex, built between the 4th and 5th centuries AD.  
• 37.50305615.0880567 Church of the Abbey of Sant'Agata, Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 182, historic center - S. Agata (north-east side of the Piazza del Duomo), ☎ 39 3487967711. Raised from 1735 to 1767 (architect G. B. Vaccarini) for the homonymous abbey.

Outside, it has a large dome on an octagonal prism drum and an elegant side elevation (on Via Raddusa).

Inside, the plan of the building is centric, defined by a regular octagon.  

• 37.50144415.0888 Pacini Garden (at Villa Pacini), Via Beato Cardinal Dusmet (Located in the adjacent area of ​​the Archi della Marina railway viaduct, in front of Porta Uzeda.). free entry. Mon-Sun 00: 00-24: 00. Inaugurated in 1879, with the name of the Catania musician and composer Giovanni Pacini, after works started in 1866. Bordered on the southern side by the Way of the washerwomen and on the northern side from the Via Beato Cardinal Dusmet, inside it houses pines, wooden bridges, a pond, a fountain and a playground. The bust of the musician, chiseled in white marble (by Giovanni Duprè), was placed on a pedestal at the entrance to the garden. In the past the garden was also called Villa Varagghi (Giardino Degli Sbadigli), because it is frequented mainly by the elderly, who usually spend their days there.  

• 37.501915.08739 Palace of the Seminary of the Clerics (Palazzo Chierici), Piazza Duomo (south side of Piazza Duomo in Catania, next to the cathedral and in front of the Palazzo degli Elefanti.), @[email protected]. Its construction designed by Alonzo di Benedetto began in 1672 and ended only in 1757. The façade is made with ashlar inserts, in white Ispica stone, on a dark plaster made with volcanic sand. Noteworthy are the large windows on the façade with omega tympanum and the stupendous shelves on the balconies on the first floor. Outside the Uzeda door, on the left, above the remains of the ancient ramparts, you can see the sea facades of the Seminary.  
• 37.5020915.089210 Archbishop's Palace, Via Vittorio Emanuele II, ☎ 39 0957159062, fax: 39 0952504358, @[email protected]. not open to the public. Eighteenth-century palace, seat of the Archdiocese of Catania. Outside the Uzeda door, on the left, above the remains of the ancient ramparts along Via Cardinale Dusmet, after the sea facades of the Seminary are those of the Archbishop's Palace. 

Via Etnea, University square and Stesicoro square

• 37.50808315.08644411 Palazzo del Toscano, Piazza Stesicoro, 38. It was built around 1870 as the town residence of the Paternò Marquises del Toscano on a project by the Milanese architect Errico Alvino.  

• 37.50736115.08541712 Roman amphitheater, Stesicoro square (Entrance from via Vittorio Emanuele II, 266), ☎ 39 0957150508, @[email protected]. free entry. Tue-Sat 09: 00-13: 30 and 14: 30-18: 30. Leaning against the hill of the ancient acropolis, it had the cavea in limestone blocks, divided into nine wedges and surrounded by three ambulatory in lava stone, placed at different heights. Unfortunately many of its stones were used by the Ostrogoths in the time of Theodoric to repair the city walls, leaving little of its former glory.  

• 37.507215.084713 San Biagio, Piazza Stesicoro, 17 (in front of the Roman amphitheater), ☎ 39 0957159360. Church.  
• 37.50422215.08652814 Collegiate Church (Basilica Maria Santissima dell'Elemosina), Via Collegiata 6 (Located in the first section of via Etnea). Basilica built in the first twenty years of the eighteenth century on a project by Angelo Italia, it has an elegant curvilinear facade of Stephen Ittar (1758).  
• 37.51102815.08338915 Bellini Garden (Villa Bellini), Via Domenico Cimarosa (various Income; The southern entrance is from Via Domenico Cimarosa. The south-east entrance, built in monumental style and opened in 1932, is from via Etnea). free entry. Mon-Sun 00: 00-24: 00. Inaugurated in 1883 as a public garden, it is an important green lung of the city as well as a meeting place for many people from Catania. Every day a gardener takes care of changing the position of the trees to indicate the date of the day.  
• 37.506115.086216 San Michele ai Minoriti, Via Minoriti, 47 (Entrance from via Etnea). Church.  

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  Collegiate Church

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  Villa Bellini

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  San Michele ai Minoriti

• 37.50355615.08652817 University building, University Square.  
• 37.50372215.08786118 San Giuliano Palace, University square.  
• 37.50523215.0866819 San Demetrio Palace, via Etnea (northwest corner of the Quattro Canti).  
• 37.50498615.08681920 Four Canti, via Etnea, corner via San Giuliano. It is a crossroads with four buildings built in the same architectural style, with rounded corners thus creating an octagonal-shaped clearing.  
• 37.5102215.0851921 Post Office Building, Via Etnea.  
• 37.5040715.0873622 Gioeni Palace, via Etnea (at the corner with the University Square).  
• 37.50797215.08555623 Tezzano Palace, piazza Stesicoro.  
• 37.507515.08661124 Monument to Vincenzo Bellini, piazza Stesicoro.  

Via Crociferi

• 37.50422215.08447225 former Jesuit College (former Jesuit College), Via dei Gesuiti (Bus stop Via San Benedetto 1 / Piazza Asmundo: line № 503). The church is an example of the Catania Baroque with a convex facade and dome surrounded by a loggia. Inside, above the sumptuous high altar, a fourteenth-century Crucifix on a table. Construction with four courtyards, of which the first is an elegant cloister (1742, partially attributed to the architect G.B. Vaccarini). The choice of the site, the typological layout of the church and the college, are the result of a complex fusion between parts of buildings spared from the earthquake, using the site of the church of SS. Ascension and parts of the primitive college spared from the earthquake, spatial models of the seventeenth-century tradition and rules of Jesuit community life. Until 2009 it was the seat of the Art Institute of Catania.  

• 37.50394415.08452826 San Francesco Borgia, Via Crociferi, 17 (Bus stop Via San Benedetto 1 / Piazza Asmundo: line № 503). Mon-Sun 09: 00-19: 00. Church with a severe facade with coupled columns designed by the Jesuit Angelo Italia. Equipped with a double flight of steps, it has a very linear facade in the Roman academic style. It takes place on two orders of paired marble columns. The interior has three very large and bright naves. The side altars are in marble and have altarpieces by Catania painters from the 18th century. The dome is frescoed with themes recalling the Jesuit order, by the painter Olivio Sozzi. The ex Jesuit college of the Jesuit fathers, and separated from via San Benedetto, the church of St. Benedict.  

• 37.50369415.08447227 Church and Monastery of San Benedetto, via Greek Theater 2 (Bus stop Via San Benedetto 1 / Piazza Asmundo: line № 503), ☎ 39 0957150499 (church), 39 3495023822 (monastery), @[email protected]. Full ticket: € 6.00; Reduced ticket: € 4.00. on reservation. Church built from 1704 to 1713 in the Benedictine monastery. With majestic staircase and carved wooden portal, interior full of stucco and marble with an elegant vestibule decorated with statues. Next to it, separated from via San Benedetto, is the church of San Francesco Borgia. Tour of the Historic Site of the San Benedetto Monastery including the remains of a domus found in the monastic underground, the eighteenth-century parlor of the Monastery, the Church of San Benedetto - which can be accessed through the monumental Scalinata degli Angeli.  
• 37.502815.08528 St. Francis of Assisi to the Immaculate Conception, Via Crociferi, 2 / Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi, ☎ 39 095312103. The monumental complex includes the church and its convent of San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata dei Frati Minori Conventuali.  
• 37.504415.085129 Church of San Giuliano (church of the former convent of San Giuliano), Via dei Crociferi, 42 (Bus stop Via San Benedetto 1 / Piazza Asmundo: line № 503). The church is located in front of the Jesuit college and is surrounded by a precious wrought iron gate. Its convex facade and its simple lines give it an aspect of rare elegance. The interior has an octagonal plan and is illuminated through the windows of the large dome, completely frescoed by the Catania painter Giuseppe Rapisardi. The main altar is a sumptuous construction in polychrome marble and gilded bronzes. At the top it has a 14th century crucifix and a small temple for the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. The consecrated host is visible through the transparent window of a monstrance. At the other altars there are works by Olivio Sozzi, Pietro Abbadessa and an anonymous San Giuliano from the 18th century.  
• 37.50568215.08464230 San Camillo ai Crociferi, Via Crociferi, 69. Church. 

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  Church of San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata

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  Church of San Giuliano

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  Villa Cerami

• 37.50672215.08466731 Villa Cerami (seat of the Department of Law of the University of Catania), via dei Crociferi.  

Religious building

• 37.50715.08416732 Church of Sant'Agata al Carcere, Piazza Santo Carcere, 5, ☎ 39 3381441760. So called because it stands on the site of the prison where Agata was imprisoned before her martyrdom.  
• 37.506915.083633 Church of Sant'Agata la Vetere, Piazza Sant'Agata la Vetere, 5, ☎ 39 095321902. First cathedral of Catania from 380 to 1904, it was called "la Vetere" that is the ancient one since 1094 when the remains of Sant'Agata were moved to the new Norman-style cathedral built by Ruggero I of Sicily. This church has undergone numerous alterations in the course of its very long history, rebuilt or restored several times, today it has a baroque facade.  
• 37.50689615.09467634 Saint Crucifix of the good death, Piazza Giovanni Falcone (Formerly Alfredo Cappellini Square). Parish church. 
• 37.508215.08335 Church of San Domenico, Piazza San Domenico, ☎ 39 0952962357. Church of the convent, of the Capuchin friars, of San Domenico  

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  Church of the Crucifix of the Good Death

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  Church of San Domenico

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  Sanctuary Madonna del Carmine

• 37.5000315.0830636 San Giuseppe al Transito, Maravigna square. Church. 
• 37.510115.088937 Sanctuary of the Madonna del Carmine (Santuario del Carmine and Santa Maria al carmine), Piazza Carlo Alberto, 47, ☎ 39 0958364013. Basilica.  
• 37.51313915.07916738 ^{[link not working]}Church of Santa Maria di Gesù, Piazza Santa Maria di Gesù, 18, ☎ 39 095438446. Erected in the 15th-16th century, it was modernized in 1706 and 1831 while retaining the original construction. Interesting in this parish church are the Paternò chapel, to the left of the facade, which is accessed through a marble portal with a Pietà (by Antonio Gagini, 1519) sculpted in relief in a lunette; the chapel has Gothic forms and a sixteenth-century altar table. On the main altar, in neoclassical style, there is the Crucifix by Fra 'Umile da Petralia in a wooden frame of the' 700; at the second altar on the left you can admire another work by Gagini, a Madonna and child.  
• 37.50385315.08892139 Church of Sant'Orsola, Piazza Oliveto Scammacca, 14. Church. 
• 37.5064615.08303840 Church of Purity, Via Santa Maddalena, 39. Church. 

• 37.50757515.08336841 Church of San Vito, Largo San Vito. Church. 
• 37.50063115.0816942 Sanctuary of Santa Maria dell'Aiuto, Via Consolato della Seta, 59, ☎ 39 095 345344.  
• 37.50872215.08823643 Church of San Gaetano alle Grotte, Piazza Carlo Alberto, 74.  
• 37.50426215.08771844 Church of San Giovanni de 'Fleres, via Cestai. It was a church, now disappeared, with entrance in via Mancini, dating back to the sixth century and demolished in 1896. An elaborate arch in the Chiaramonte Gothic style remains.  

Museums

• 37.5033615.085345 Sicilian Contemporary Art Museum (MacS), Via San Francesco, 30, ☎ 39 0957152207, @[email protected]. Full € 5.00 / reduced € 3.50. Fri-Wed 09: 00-18: 00. Based in the small abbey of Benedictine Monastery, the MacS hosts exhibitions of Italian and foreign artists emerging on the contemporary art scene.  
• 37.51115.079346 ^{[link not working]}Zoology Museum, Via Androne, 81. The Museum of Zoology of Catania is a conservation and research center. Born in 1853, he is the oldest Sicilian scientific museum. The museum is now managed by the Department of Animal Biology "Marcello La Greca" of the University of Catania. Initially born from the collections of the professors and members of the Gioenia Academy of Natural Sciences, including the rich malacological collection of the same founder, Aradas, it has been considerably enriched over the years with the addition of important collections of considerable historical and scientific value, especially for those that contain numerous holotypes; rich ornithological collections of about 1500 specimens include specimens of Hummingbirds, Parrots, Paradisee and many species from Sicily. It is a butterfly house.  

Other

• 37.49888915.08472247 Ursino Castle (Casteddu Svevo), piazza Federico II di Svevia, 3, ☎ 39 095345830. Mon-Fri 09: 00-19: 00, Sat 09: 00-23: 00, Sun 09: 00-22: 00. The castle (casteddu in Sicilian) Ursino di Catania was founded by Frederick II of Swabia in the thirteenth century. The manor had a certain visibility during the Sicilian Vespers, as the seat of the parliament and, later, the residence of the Aragonese kings including Frederick III. Today it houses the Civic Museum of the Etnean city, formed mainly by the Biscari and Benedictine collections.  

• 37.49963915.07388948 Porta Garibaldi (Porta Ferdinandea), Palestro Square / Crucifix Square, Futtinu (It is located between piazza Palestro and piazza Crocifisso, at the end of via Giuseppe Garibaldi, in the Fortino district, in the Catania dialect Futtinu). free access. The door is a triumphal arch built in 1768, designed by Stefano Ittar and Francesco Battaglia, to commemorate the wedding of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Carolina of Habsburg-Lorraine. On the door there is the Latin inscription "Melior de cinere surgo" which in Italian means "I am reborn from (my) ashes even more beautiful".  
• 37.51226415.07923849 Clementi Clinic, Piazza Santa Maria di Gesù. Art nouveau building.  
• 37.50411515.08623450 Frigeri shop, Via Alessandro Manzoni, 95. It is a small Art Nouveau building, once used as a commercial establishment.  
• 37.51083815.08220451 Villino Citelli, via Tomaselli, 31. Eclectic style cottage.  
• 37.50487115.09667252 Pink Palace, via VI Aprile. Residential building from the early twentieth century.  
• 37.51029515.0811153 Villa Majorana, via Androne 36. Villa of the early twentieth century.  

What to do

Shopping

• 37.49509515.0871971 ^{[link not working]}Faro Brewery, via del Faro, 60, ☎ 39 0957231330, @[email protected]. Microbrewery founded in 2009 with high fermentation craft beers. Plant visit not possible. 

Markets

• 37.50928415.0882732 Market of the Fera 'or Luni (that is the Lune fair or the Monday fair), Piazza Carlo Alberto. Historic market. 
• 37.50894315.0755153 Local market in piazza Montessori, Montessori square, historical center (Area Osp. Garibaldi Vecchio). Mon. Weekly market on Mondays. 

How to have fun

Shows

• 37.51021415.0926421 College of Aragon, Via Monsignor Ventimiglia, 184, ☎ 39 0957460311. Theater. 

• 37.50475615.0948252 Del Canovaccio and cinema (Canovaccio Association), Via Gulli, 12, ☎ 39 095530761, 39 3473124498 (mobile phone), 39 3284254497 (mobile phone), @[email protected]. 15€. The association was founded in January 2002 with a theater and film reviews. 
• 37.50647515.0936133 King, Via Antonio De Curtis, 14, ☎ 39 095530218. Small cinema with a Mauritian exterior facade. 

• 37.50416715.094 Massimo Bellini Theater (Vincenzo Bellini Theater), Via Perrotta, 12, ☎ 39 0957306111 (box office), 39 0957150921, fax: 39 0952502963, @[email protected]. Inaugurated in May 1890 with a horseshoe-shaped hall with four tiers of boxes and a gallery and a capacity of 1200 seats. The neo-baroque style facade of the theater is inspired by the Sansovinian classic of the Venice Library. The rest of the building, however, is detached from it in the lateral development, assuming the form of a theater. The hall with four tiers of boxes beyond the gallery is of great decorative richness and is one of the most beautiful of those built in the nineteenth century in Italy.  
• 37.50990815.084665 Metropolitan, Via Sant'Euplio, 21, ☎ 39 095322323. Inaugurated in 1954 in a hall with a capacity of 1780 seats (1200 seats in the hall and 580 in the stands).  
• 37.50495215.0884386 Sangiorgi, Via Antonino di San Giuliano, 233, ☎ 39 0952502963 (box office), 39 095316860, @[email protected]. Inaugurated in 1900 it was born as an open-air theater with a pit and a capacity of almost 700 seats and seven years later it was covered and then became one of the most important theaters in Catania. For an abundant fifty years from its stages will pass the myths of the light show - Totò, Josephine Baker, Renato Rascel, Fanfulla, the De Rege brothers, Nicola Maldacea, Wanda Osiris, Nino Taranto -, the greats of the theater - Angelo Musco, Giovanni Grasso, Raffaele Viviani, Ettore Petrolini, Maria Melato, Renzo Ricci, Ruggero Ruggeri, Salvo Randone, Emma Gramatica -, the stars of the song - Armando Gill, Anna Fougez, Elvira Donnarumma, Gilda Mignonette, Alberto Rabagliati, Natalino Otto, and each one will leave a trace , a photo or an autograph dedication. Then with the variety crisis, at the end of the 1950s, the Sangiorgi suffered a fate common to many theaters and was transformed into a neighborhood cinema, therefore, in the Seventies, with red lights, while its other structures underwent a progressive deterioration, even of a physical nature. Since 2002 the theater was only the second room of the Massimo Bellini Theater. Used for years as a simple rehearsal room for the orchestra and rented out for sporadic external events, finally in November 2007 it returns to shine with its own light; in fact, an ad hoc artistic direction for the Sangiorgi Theater was established for the first time by the Superintendent of the Teatro Massimo Bellini, in order to give back to this historic theater, with an elliptical hall and a capacity of 477 seats, its true identity. We cannot fail to mention the great success of the reopening after 30 years c.a. of the historic Terrazza del Sangiorgi former cinema arena.  
• 37.50407615.0928587 Public scenario, Via Teatro Massimo, 16, ☎ 39 0952503147, @[email protected]. Mon-Sat 09: 00-12: 00. Inaugurated in 2002, it is a theater that focuses mainly on contemporary dance, within it activities of production, programming, hospitality, training and dissemination are developed, so as to make it a real international choreographic center. 
• 37.5082215.0774168 Blue curtain (ex New Teatro Santa Orsola), Via Macallè 3 / a, ☎ 39 0952500264, 39 3489050336 (mobile phone). Theater. 
• 37.5059115.0964029 Tezzano, Via Tezzano, 40, ☎ 39 0957273686. Theater in an ancient building, well managed by the company 'Il Sipario sul Mare'. 

• 37.50940915.07811910 Magma room, Via Adua, 3, ☎ 39 095444312. Theater. 

Night clubs

The nightlife develops between Piazza Teatro Massimo and the neighboring streets where there are several night clubs. Via Etnea and piazza duomo are very popular with strolling families.

• 37.50413515.09079411 X Unknown, Piazza Vincenzo Bellini, 23, ☎ 39 095 316793. Bars, aperitifs, pubs. 

Where to eat

Moderate prices

• 37.5079415.086941 Hollywood kiosk, via San Gaetano alla Grotta. 06: 00-late at night. The kiosk run by the Falco family offers drinks to quench your thirst, various types of syrups, almond milk, mixed fruit, smoothies, coffee, juices, slushes and beers. During the summer, the kiosk places tables next to it where you can sit and relax. 
• 37.50689515.0879452 Costa kiosk, Piazza Spirito Santo, ☎ 39 095310628. The kiosk run by the Costa family offers drinks to quench your thirst, various types of syrups, smoothies, coffee, juices, slushes and beers. 

• 37.50651615.0874973 Ali Baba kebab & Indian food, via Montesano 25, ☎ 39 3334449251. 11:00-02:30. In addition to the wide selection of kebab dressing sauces, you can also choose the size of your kebab between small, medium and large. Ideal for families with children. 
• 37.506815.088624 One Thousand and One Nights, piazza Spirito Santo. You can find the historic kebab of Catania here, since it was the first to open in the city. The place is kept in a workmanlike manner, also confirmed by checks carried out, with fresh meat and excellent food. 
• 37.50657415.0964645 Le Tropic, bar and restaurant, Via Marchese di Casalotto 83 (near the Consulate of Romania), ☎ 39 095 0930635, @[email protected]. Cuisine with African, South American and Indian culinary specialties. 

Average prices

• 37.50715.085326 Al Vicolo Pizza & Vino, via del Colosseo, 5 (Near the central Piazza Stesicoro, near the Roman Amphitheater.), ☎ 39 0958360730. Mon-Sun 19: 00-01: 00. Large diameter pizza, good and soft for its light dough: "Al Vicolo Pizza & Vino" you will eat one of the best pizzas in the whole city. Also steakhouse, cutlery, desserts, wine list and craft beers. 
• 37.5023915.086887 ^{[link not working]}Cafe del Duomo, Piazza Duomo, 11-13, ☎ 39 0957150556, @[email protected]. reasonable prices and not increased (many bars in the center take advantage of the tourist spot to offer reckless prices). Mon-Sun 05: 00-24: 00. Excellent Catania coffee, its granita was elected by the Federico II school of Italian language and culture among the best 5 in the city. 
• 37.50227215.0868918 Prestipino, Piazza del Duomo, 9, ☎ 39 095310429. A modern cafe with a sales counter with an ice cream parlor. 

Where stay

Moderate prices

• 37.4990515.085541 City-in Hostel, Via Grimaldi, 2 (in front of the Ursino Castle), ☎ 39 095341450, 39 3456212947 (mobile), 39 3387351921 (mobile), fax: 39 095341450, @[email protected]. Check in: 14:00, check-out: 11:00. nice and comfortable hotel in a central position, right in front of the Ursino castle. 

• 37.49868815.0875892 Eco Hostel Catania (Eco Hostel), Via Fornai 44, Catania, ☎ 39 095 7233077. From € 24. Hostel located a few steps from the center, it offers the right mix of tradition and modernity, providing comfortable beds in an informal and relaxing environment. 

Average prices

• 37.50273515.086343 Al Duomo inn *** (former Savona hotel), Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 210 (Bus stop Via Garibaldi 10: lines № 830, 902 and 932), ☎ 39 095321028, 39 3470697006 (mobile phone), @[email protected]. low season: double single use 40 €, double 60 €, triple 80 €. High season: double single use € 60, double € 80, triple € 100. Check in: 12:00-21:30, check-out: 08:00-10:30. Bed and breakfast with B&B formula, in the former Savona hotel. Very central within walking distance to the west of Piazza del Duomo. From the balconies side view (left) on part of the Piazza del Duomo and the Duomo. 

• 37.50635915.0884034 Valentino (Valentino Catania), Piazza Turi Ferro, 39, San Leone (formerly Piazza Santo Spirito. Bus stop Corso Sicilia 15, 64 and 77: lines № 1-4, 2-5, 4-7, 429, 432, 448, 449, 534, 536, 556, 902, 927 and 935), ☎ 39 0952503072, fax: 39 0952503072. 3-star hotel in the center with friendly staff and a pleasant and peaceful environment. 
• 37.5063415.097865 Villa Romeo, Via Platamone, 8, Crucifix of a happy death (Bus stop Central station: lines № Alibus, L-Ex, 4-7, 429 on the right, 443, 447, 448 on the left, 431N on the right, 431R on the left, 449 on the right, 530, 536, 556, 628R, 925 , 927 and 932 on the left. Or bus stop Piazza Giovanni XXIII f / co pharmacy: lines № Alibus, 2-5, 429, 449, 530, 534, 536, 556, 925, 927 and 932), ☎ 39 095534714, fax: 39 095530257. Elegant, refined and comfortable hotel, close to the railway station. 

• 37.50376515.0935156 Ivana, Via Monsignor Ventimiglia, 10, Civita (In the Bonajuto Palace. Bus stop Via Vittorio Emanuele 38 and 46: lines № Alibus, L-Ex, 2-5, 429, 431N, 439, 449, 530, 534, 536, 556, 628N, 925, 927, 932 and S2), ☎ 39 0950936683, 39 3313501751 (mobile phone), @[email protected]. double single use: € 35.00-45.00, double € 55.00-65.00, triple € 70.00-85.00, quadruple € 85.00-95.00. Bed and breakfast with B&B formula furnished in old style, in the building Marletta Bonajuto palace managed by Ivana (Sicilian) and Laye (Senegalese). We also speak French and English. 
• 37.50505215.091777 Opera, Via Antonio di San Giuliano, 129, Civita (no nearby public transport stops), ☎ 39 337492714 (mobile), @[email protected]. double bed private room from 60 €. Check in: 11:00-22:00, check-out: 10:30. Bed and breakfast with B&B formula, located in the north of the Civita district on Via Antonio di San Giuliano which marks the border with the district of San Birillo (both part of the district of the historic center). It offers spacious rooms with balcony, private bathroom, hairdryer, TV, air conditioning, minibar. The wi-fi is free in the rooms and common areas, such as the large sunny terrace, ideal for relaxing and having breakfast. 

High prices

• 37.51136715.0851628 Agathae, via Etnea, 229, ☎ 39 0952500436, fax: 39 0957152668. 3 star hotel. 
• 37.50392815.0854769 Prince, via Alessi, 20/26, ☎ 39 0952500345, fax: 39 095325799. Boutique hotel located in a newly renovated noble palace in the baroque heart of the historic center. 
• 37.50946415.08607210 Gresi, via Pacini, 28 (Near Via Etnea near the post office), ☎ 39 095322709, @[email protected]. from 75 € (without breakfast). Clean and brilliant hotel. High rooms (some with vaulted ceilings with paintings), air conditioning, bathroom, balcony. 

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