view gallery SW31.5 km | Scala di Santa Maria del Monte - Caltagirone, Italy in Outdoor Stairways La Scala di Santa Maria del Monte is an old 142-step staircase, each of which are decorated with a different ceramic pattern. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/15/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery SW31.7 km | Villa romana del Casale Aqueduct - Piazza Armerina, Italy in Ancient Aqueducts This is the aqueduct that furnished the water for the thermal baths in the Villa Romana del Casale. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/18/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery SW31.7 km | Villa Romana del Casale - Piazza Armerina, Italy in World Heritage Sites The Villa Romana del Casale is a Roman villa urbana built in the first quarter of the 4th century and located about 3 km outside the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily, southern Italy. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/17/2017 last visited: 10/02/2017 |
view gallery SW31.7 km | Villa Romana del Casale - Piazza Armerina, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization The Villa Romana del Casale is a Roman villa urbana built in the first quarter of the 4th century and located about 3 km outside the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily, southern Italy. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/17/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery E35.4 km | Church of the Holy Spirit - Nicolosi, Catania, Sicily in Roman Catholic Churches a Roman Catholic Church located in Nicolosi, Catania, Sicily posted by: oiseau_ca location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 10/30/2019 last visited: 10/27/2019 |
view gallery E36.9 km | Aeroporto di Catania - Catania, Italy in Airports It is the busiest airport in Sicily and the 6th busiest in Italy. It dates back to 1924, when it was the region's very first airport. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 03/28/2017 last visited: 04/07/2024 |
view gallery E37.8 km | Lava flow of 1669 - Monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena - Catania, Italy in Places of Geologic Significance In 1669 the Etna eruption surrounded the city of Catania, widening the coast for more than 1 km, and the monastery too. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/09/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery E38 km | Roman Vestiges in the Benedictine Monastery - Catania, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization An entire Roman neighbourhood with the two main axes the Cardum and the Decumanus Maximus has been found under the monastery. It is possible to see the remains in the main court. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/04/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery E38 km | Monastero di San Nicolò l'Arena - Catania, Italy in Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries The Benedictine Monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena in Catania, Sicily, is one of the largest monasteries in Europe. The monastery was founded in 1558 and today it hosts the Department of Humanities of the University of Catania. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/04/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery E38 km | Terme Romane di Piazza Dante - Catania, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization In front of the Benedictine Monastery are the remains of a Roman bath complex which testify to the wealth of this area in which many archaeological remains, mosaics and significant tracts of ancient buildings dressed in marble have been found. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/02/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery E38 km | La meridiana - Chiesa di San Nicolò l'Arena - Catania in Sundials In the transept of the church is the large sundial that two famous astronomers, the German Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen and the Danish Christian Peters traced on the pavement in 1839. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/05/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery E38 km | Signs of Zodiac - Chiesa di San Nicolò l'Arena - Catania, Italy in Signs of Zodiac In the transept is the large sundial that two famous astronomers, the German Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen and the Danish Christian Peters traced on the pavement in 1839 posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/05/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery E38.1 km | Teatro Antico - Catania, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization The current layout of the theatre goes back to the Roman Age. But it is possible that it was built on a older Greek site whose existence is only told in literature (Speech of Alcibiade addressing the people of Catania during the Peloponnese War). posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 03/29/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery E38.1 km | Terme della Rotonda - Catania, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization This is a Roman thermal complex dating to I - II century AD, retaining very little of its original structure, that is a circular domed chamber later turned into a Christian church. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 03/29/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery NE38.1 km | Etna and its southern promontory from Silvestri Crater (Etna, Sicily) in Scenic Overlooks ...it's a piece of Mordor and Mt. Orodruin is above you - it's the first feeling if you are staying on the rim of Silvestri Crater at southern flank of Mt. Etna. The views are stunning and the landscape really as from SF&F movie... posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 10/01/2009 last visited: 10/25/2018 |
view gallery NE38.1 km | Monti Silvestri, Monti Calcarazzi and Montagnola (Etna, Sicily) in Volcano Watching Close to the Rifugio Sapienza on the southern slope of Mt. Etna you can find several side craters (Monti Silvestri, Monti Calcarazzi and Montagnola), which are almost recent and well visible manifestation of Etnean turbulent volcanic activity... posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 10/01/2009 last visited: 07/23/2022 |
view gallery E38.5 km | Roman Amphitheater - Catania, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization Built in late antiquity, around 300 B.C. the theatre was rebuilt on an older theatre from the 500 B.C. facing the sea. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 03/29/2017 last visited: 04/07/2024 |
view gallery E38.5 km | Pasticceria Savia - Catania, Italy in Ice Cream Parlors This sweet shop was recommended by our French guide book and is also highly rated on Tripadvisor. They serve Granita (slush) as well as ice cream. Granita come in Pistachio, Almond, and Coffee flavor. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 04/02/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery E38.6 km | Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) - Catania, Sicily, ID=1024-002 in World Heritage Sites Catania has had a long and eventful history, having been founded in the 8th century BC. In 1693 the city was completely destroyed by a heavy earthquake and its aftershocks. The city was then rebuilt in Baroque architecture. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 03/28/2017 last visited: 10/02/2017 |
view gallery E38.6 km | Cattedrale di Sant'Agata - Catania, Italy in Cathedrals The cathedral has been destroyed and rebuilt several times because of earthquakes and eruptions of the nearby Mount Etna. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 03/28/2017 last visited: 04/07/2024 |
view gallery E39.4 km | Palazzo Rosa - Catania, Italy in Art Deco - Art Nouveau The Palazzo Rosa is situated on via VI Aprile. It was built in the early 20th century, between 1903 and 1905 by the Italian engineer Fabio Majorana. Note the curved lines and floral motifs of the façade. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 03/27/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery NE39.8 km | Mount Etna - Sicily (Italy) in Wikipedia Entries Monumental expression of nature's immense power and beauty, Mount Etna in Sicily, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world in an almost constant state of activity and also is one of the most important European natural monuments. posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 11/03/2013 last visited: 10/27/2019 |
view gallery NE39.8 km | Mount Etna - Sicily (Italy) in World Heritage Sites Sicilian Mount Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world in an almost constant state of activity, is also treasure of biodiversity and one of the most important European natural monuments. posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 11/03/2013 last visited: 10/27/2019 |
view gallery NE39.8 km | Etna - Sicily (Italy) in Volcano Watching Monumental expression of nature's immense power and beauty, Mount Etna in Sicily, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world in an almost constant state of activity and also is one of the most important European natural monuments. posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 11/03/2013 last visited: 10/27/2019 |
view gallery E39.9 km | Museo dello Sbarco - Catania, Italy in History Museums This unusual museum is dedicated to a dramatic chapter in modern history, written in Sicily in the summer of 1943. This cultural space pays homage to those who fell in the Battle of Sicily, but also provides a lesson of peace. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sicilia, Italy date approved: 03/30/2017 last visited: never |
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