Uncover the hidden history of Catania from the classical era to the eighteenth century. Explore underground rivers, Roman monuments, and religious buildings on this captivating journey through the city’s past.
Uncover the hidden history of Catania from the classical era to the eighteenth century. Explore underground rivers, Roman monuments, and religious buildings on this captivating journey through the city’s past.
- Museo Civico Castello Ursino - An introduction to the tour and the castle’s history
- Agora Hostel - The Amenano, a mysterious underground river that winds beneath Catania’s historic center, once flowed on the surface, nourishing Lake Nicito. Over the centuries, eruptions, earthquakes, and wars have altered not only the city’s urban layout but…
- Museo Civico Castello Ursino - An introduction to the tour and the castle’s history
- Agora Hostel - The Amenano, a mysterious underground river that winds beneath Catania’s historic center, once flowed on the surface, nourishing Lake Nicito. Over the centuries, eruptions, earthquakes, and wars have altered not only the city’s urban layout but also its natural landscape. Visitors will explore a captivating flowing cave where a branch of the river still runs.
- Terme Achilliane - A vast spa complex dating back to the 3rd-4th century AD, which extended into the area of Piazza Duomo. The thermal baths had several rooms, but the only accessible portion is located just beneath the cathedral.
- Chiesa di San Gaetano alle Grotte - An ancient lava flow cave, repurposed in Greek times as a cistern and later as a catacomb tomb by the Romans. According to tradition, it was the site of Saint Agatha’s first deposition.
- Chiesa di Sant’Euplio - A mysterious hypogeum linked to the tradition of the martyr Euplio, the forgotten co-patron of the Etna city.
- All entrance tickets included
- All entrance tickets included
From the period of classic antiquity through to the eighteenth century, encompassing sacred edifices and burial sites, magnificent monuments of Roman grandeur and subterranean waterways, folk tales and archival records… An engaging journey that spans the various epochs of the city of Etna. A preserved vision of a bygone Catania that remains alive beneath our tread, concealed from our sight
From the period of classic antiquity through to the eighteenth century, encompassing sacred edifices and burial sites, magnificent monuments of Roman grandeur and subterranean waterways, folk tales and archival records… An engaging journey that spans the various epochs of the city of Etna. A preserved vision of a bygone Catania that remains alive beneath our tread, concealed from our sight
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