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Chapel of St. Agatha Detail of the 11th-century Norman transept. The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Agatha (Italian: Cattedrale metropolitana di Sant'Agata), usually known as the Catania Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Catania), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.
View of the facade and dome of the Badia, on the right of the photo is a portion of Catania Cathedral. Badia di Sant'Agata or Abbey of St Agatha refers to an 18th-century Roman Catholic church and attached female convent located on Via Vittorio Emanuele #182 in the center of Catania, region of Sicily, Southern Italy.
Piazza del Duomo. The Duomo di Catania or Cattedrale di Sant'Agata stands on the east side of the square. Originally constructed in 1078–1093, on the ruins of an ancient Roman Thermae (Achillean Baths), like nearly all of Catania, the devastating 1693 earthquake, leveled most of the structure, and Giovanni Battista Vaccarini designed a Baroque structure and façade in 1711.
The Festival of Saint Agatha in Catania is a major festival in the region, it takes place during the first five days of February. The Catania Cathedral (also known as Cattedrale di Sant'Agata) is dedicated in her honor.
Festa di Sant'Agata, candalora. The Festival of Saint Agatha (Italian: La festa di sant'Agata; Sicilian: A fest' 'i sant'Àjita) is the most important religious festival of Catania, Sicily, commemorating the life of the city's patron saint, Agatha of Sicily. It is among the largest Catholic religious festivals in the world, in terms of ...
The painting depicts the Ancient Roman amphitheater in Catania behind the saint, part of which has been uncovered in Piazza Stesicoro in front of the facade of the adjacent Sant'Agata alla Fornace. [ 1 ] A bejeweled half-bust of a plump Agatha, kept in this church is paraded across the city in procession during the Festival of Saint Agatha ...
Catania Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Agata: Catania: Catania, Sicily Saint Agatha: cathedral, minor basilica; World Heritage Site Catanzaro Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta: Catanzaro-Squillace: Catanzaro, Calabria Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: cathedral Cava Cathedral Concattedrale di S. Maria della Visitazione: Amalfi ...
Notable works which date from this period are the 18th century wings of the Palazzo Biscari at Catania and Vaccarini's Cattedrale di Sant'Agata, also in Catania. On this building Vaccarini quite clearly copied the capitals from Guarino Guarini's Architettura Civile. It is this frequent copying of established designs that causes the architecture ...