Santa Maria della Purità, Catania

The deconsecrated Chiesa della Purità is a former Roman Catholic church, with a large adjacent conservatory or orphanage; both structures are located on via Santa Maddalena #39 in Catania, region of Sicily, southern Italy.

Photo: Mattia Luigi Nappi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: former Roman Catholic church
Also known as: “Chiesa della Purità”
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sant’Agata la Vetere, Catania and Amphitheatre of Catania.

Sant’Agata la Vetere, Catania

Church

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sant’Agata la Vetere is a Roman Catholic church located in the piazza of the same name in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. East of church and nearby, but facing in the other direction, are two other churches dedicated in honor of St Agatha of Sicily: the church of Sant'Agata al Carcere and two blocks east on Piazza Stesicoro is Sant'Agata alla Fornace, now known San Biagio.

Amphitheatre of Catania

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Amphitheatre of Catania is a Roman amphitheatre in Catania, Sicily, Southern Italy, built in the Roman Imperial period, probably in the 2nd century AD, on the northern edge of the ancient city at the base of the Montevergine hill. Amphitheatre of Catania is situated 240 metres northeast of Santa Maria della Purità, Catania.

Villa Cerami

University

Photo: Triquetra, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Villa Cerami was once a semirural villa, located at the edge of the urban center and with a sizable surrounding garden, located at the Northern end of via Crocifero, in the city of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. Villa Cerami is situated 140 metres east of Santa Maria della Purità, Catania.