San Gaetano alle Grotte is a small church in Catania whose ancient substructure was putatively built around 260–300 as a chapel, perhaps a burial chapel, within a lava cave used as a cistern. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, it faces Piazza Carlo Alberto, beside the Santuario della Madonna del Carmine.
The Terme dell’Indirizzo are an exceptional Roman thermal complex from the imperial era, set in Piazza Currò in Catania’s historic centre and partly incorporated into the former convent of Santa Maria dell’Indirizzo. Built in lava stone and brick, the remains include around ten rooms beneath their original vaults, notably a large octagonal chamber with a domed roof, alongside the former calidarium and frigidarium.
Palazzo Biscari is an 18th-century Baroque palace in the historic center of Catania, Sicily, and remains the city's most prominent privately owned historic residence. Built by the Paternò Castello family after the devastating 1693 earthquake, it is celebrated for its lavish interiors, monumental architecture, and continued role as a venue for guided tours, concerts, exhibitions, and cultural events.
At Sapio, Alessandro and Roberta work with produce from their farm and local producers, using each ingredient as fully as possible while keeping water waste and plastic use to a minimum. Their cooking seeks a distinctive sense of place—enriched by thoughtful outside influences yet rooted in Catania, between Etna’s fire and the Ionian Sea—and has earned the restaurant a Michelin star.
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