The route indicated in this itinerary will allow you to visit the archaeological and historical remains of Catania that survived the frequent seismic catastrophes and the eruptions of Etna. Many ancient buildings lie below the modern city level but are, in part, equally passable.
Start of the tour in Piazza Duomo. Remains of a spa called Terme Achilliane (1); entrance from the Duomo; poster inside the church.
Next path: via S. Calogero, piazza Currò. In Piazza Currò spa building known as Terme dell'Indirizzo (2); entrance Piazza Currò (or from the middle school A. Vespucci located in Via Zappalà Gemelli); billboard inside the building.
Next route: via Zappalà Gemeli, piazza Mazzini, via Vittorio Emanuele. Roman theater (3); entrance via V. Emanuele 266; poster at the entrance. Odeon romano (4); ingesso via V. Emanuele 266; poster at the entrance.
Next path: via S. Agostino, via della Rotonda. In via della Rotonda thermal building known as Terme della Rotonda (5); ingesso via della Rotonda; billboard inside the building (three historical phases: Roman age, Byzantine age, eighteenth century).
Next route: via Gesuiti, piazza Dante. In Piazza Dante remains of a thermal building (6) of Roman age; billboard at the entrance of the Benedictine Monastery. Excavation area inside the Benedictine Monastery where the most ancient phases of the history of Catania were identified; entrance to Piazza Dante; poster at the entrance of the Benedictine Monastery.
Next path: via G. Clementi, via S. Maddalena, via Garofalo, piazza della Borsa, piazza Stesicoro. Roman amphitheatre (7); entrance to Piazza Stesicoro; poster at the entrance of the monument.
Next route: via Etnea, via Monte S. Agata, via S. Euplio. In via S. Euplio underground compartment with quadrangular niches used as sepulchre (8) (under the remains of the church of S. Euplio), entrance via S. Euplio billboard inside the monument.
Next path: viale Regina Margherita, via Ipogeo, via G. Sanfilippo. In via G. Sanfilippo Roman funerary monument (9), ingesso via G. Sanfilippo.
- Duomo - Terme Achilliane
- Terme dell'indirizzo
- Teatro Romano
- Odeon Romano
- Terme della Rotonda
- Terme Romane e acropoli di Catania
- Anfiteatro
- Chiesa di S. Euplio(Sepolcro)