Piazza San Placido

Piazza San Placido is a square in Centro - S. Cristoforo, Catania, Sicily. Piazza San Placido is situated nearby to the ruins Balcone Tardo-Gotico, as well as near the art gallery Art Studio Poma.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Teatro Massimo Bellini and Catania Cathedral.

Teatro Massimo Bellini

Theater building

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Teatro Massimo Bellini is an opera house located on Piazza Vincenzo Bellini in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. Named after the local-born composer Vincenzo Bellini, it was inaugurated on 31 May 1890 with a performance of the composer's masterwork, Norma. Teatro Massimo Bellini is situated 150 metres north of Piazza San Placido.

Catania Cathedral

Church

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Agatha, usually known as the Catania Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. It was the seat of the Bishops of Catania until 1859, when the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese, and since then has been the seat of the Archbishops of Catania. Catania Cathedral is situated 140 metres west of Piazza San Placido.

San Placido

Church

Photo: Effems, CC BY-SA 4.0.

San Placido is a Roman Catholic church and former-Benedictine monastery located on the piazza of the same name in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. The complex, two blocks east of the Catania Cathedral, spans a polygonal block encompassed by the Via Vittorio…