Catania Cathedral

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The Cathedral of Catania, entitled to St. Agatha, is a church in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.
The church has been destroyed and rebuilt several times due earthquakes and eruptions of the nearby volcano Etna. It was originally constructed in 1078-1093, on the ruins of the ancient Roman Achillean Baths, by order of Roger I of Sicily, who had conquered the city from the Islamic emirate of Sicily. At the time it had the appearance of a fortified church (ecclesia munita).
The current appearance of the church date to the 1711 century design of Gian Battista Vaccarini, who designed a new Baroque façade after the 1693 earthquake. It has three floors with Corinthian columns, in granite, perhaps taken from the Roman Theatre of the city. All the orders are decorated with marble statues of St. Agatha over the gate, St. Euplius on the right and St. Birillus on the left. The entrance door, in wood, has 32 sculpted plaques with episodes of the life and martyrdom of St. Agatha, coat of arms of popes and symbols of Christianity.
The church is on the Latin cross plan, with a nave and two aisles. In the right aisle are the baptistery and, at the first altar, a canvas of St. Febronia of Nisibis by Borremans facing, on a pilaster, the tomb of composer Vincenzo Bellini. Also on a pilaster between this aisles and the nave is the Baroque monument of bishop Pietro Galletti. Also notable is the Chapel of St. Agatha.

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