San Nicolò l’Arena
San Nicolò l'Arena is the title of both the Roman Catholic church and its adjacent and enormous Benedictine monastery in the city of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. The facade of the church faces Piazza Dante.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Urban, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Cristina Morettini 95, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Catania, Italy
- Also known as: “San Nicolo”, “San Nicolò”, and “San Nicolò l’Arena, Catania”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include piazza Dante and Biblioteche Riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero.
piazza Dante
Square
Piazza Dante is a piazza located in the city centre of Catania, Sicily, Italy. The square faces the façade of the unfinished San Nicolò l'Arena church.
Biblioteche Riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero
Library
Photo: Rita angela carbonaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Biblioteche Riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero is a library.
Roman Theatre of Catania
Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Roman Theatre of Catania consists of the ruins of two open-air semicircular ancient Roman theatres, located between Piazza San Francesco, via Vittorio Emanuele, via Timeo, and via Teatro Greco in the center of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. Roman Theatre of Catania is situated 350 metres southeast of San Nicolò l’Arena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Antico Corso and Giudecca di Catania.
San Nicolò l’Arena
- Categories: building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Centro - S. Cristoforo, Catania, Catania, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
37.50429° or 37° 30′ 15″ northLongitude
15.08008° or 15° 4′ 48″ eastElevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
8F9QG33J+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 27746635OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicGeoNames ID
10375781Wikidata ID
Q3671516
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“San Nicolò l’Arena” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “竞技场圣尼各老堂”
- Czech: “kostel San Nicolò l’Arena”
- Dutch: “Chiesa di San Nicolò l’Arena”
- Dutch: “San Nicolo l’Arenakerk”
- French: “chiesa di San Nicolò l’Arena”
- French: “Chiesa di San Nicolò l’Arena”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Nicolò l’Arena”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Nicolò l’Arena”
- Japanese: “サン・ニコロ・ラ・レーナ教会”
- Japanese: “サン・ニコロ教会”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Nicolò l’Arena”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Nicolò l’Arena”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Nicolò l’Arena”. Photo: Urban, CC BY-SA 3.0.