western edge of the Piazza Stesicoro in the quartiere San Biagio della Calcarella, of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. The church overlooks a portion...

Catania (/kəˈtɑːniə/, also UK: /-ˈteɪn-/, US: /-ˈtæn-/; Sicilian and Italian: [kaˈtaːnja] ) is the second-largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo...

mid-18th-century. The only other such arch remaining in Catania is from the ruins of the church of San Giovanni de' Fleres. A broad series of steps lead to...

The Amphitheatre of Catania is a Roman amphitheatre in Catania, Sicily, Southern Italy, built in the Roman Imperial period, probably in the 2nd century...

blocks east on Piazza Stesicoro is Sant'Agata alla Fornace, now known San Biagio. An aedicule recalling the site where Agatha of Sicily fa, was erected...

(or Madonna di Monserrato) sculpted by Matteo Frazzetto and an image of San Biagio painted in the mid-17th century by Giovanni Battista Baldanza. Comune...

former Ancient Roman amphitheater of Catania. Facing the ruins is the neoclassical facade of the church of San Biagio, also known as Sant'Agata alla Fornace...

1661), a San Biagio e San Martino papa in the church of San Biagio, a Saint Venera and Saint Agatha in the church of the Indirizzo, San Cirino e San Crispino...

with candied orange zest, adding a citrusy sweetness to the filling. In Catania, chopped pistachios are favored, adding a distinctive nutty flavor and...

flattened the prior structure, which was located near the present church of San Biagio in Piazza Stesicoro, the present buildings were erected circa 1720 under...