Le Ciminiere

Catania


Le Ciminiere is a modern museum complex housed in a converted sulphur refinery. The most interesting of its museums is the Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia, which illustrates the history of the WWII Allied landings in Sicily. Also noteworthy is the Museo del Cinema, which explores the evolution of movie making and features movie posters, memorabilia and vintage cinema equipment. Museums aside, Le Ciminiere is also home to performance space Zo.


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1. Museo del Cinema

Located at Le Ciminiere – a converted sulphur refinery – the Museo del Cinema explores the evolution of movie making. Exhibition translations are poor,…

2. Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia

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The most interesting museum at Le Ciminiere museum complex, Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia sheds light on the WWII Allied landings in Sicily…

3. Teatro Massimo Bellini

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Completed in 1890 and made for homegrown composer Vincenzo Bellini, Catania's opera house is suitably lavish, from the stucco-and-marble extravagance of…

4. Cattedrale di Sant'Agata

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Inside the vaulted interior of this cathedral, beyond its impressive marble facade sporting two orders of columns taken from the Roman amphitheatre, lie…

5. Chiesa Badia di Sant'Agata

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With an elegant concave-convex facade reminiscent of Borromini, this 18th-century church was designed by Palermitan architect Giovanni Battista Vaccarini…

6. Palazzo Sangiuliano

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Designed by the great baroque architect Giovanni Battista Vaccarini, this elegant 18th-century palazzo flanks the eastern edge of Piazza dell'Università.

7. Via Etnea

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It's not difficult to see how Catania's main shopping street got its name – on a clear day you can see Mt Etna rising majestically at the end of it. Via…

8. Museo Diocesano

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The most obvious reason to visit this museum, adjacent to Catania's duomo, is to see the Fercolo, the famous silver reliquary bust of Saint Agata that's…

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