Militello In Val di Catania

What to see in Militello In Val di Catania

Among the religious buildings of great importance are: the former Abbey of San Benedetto, which overlooks the Piazza del Municipio with its imposing mass and elegance; the Mother Church, dedicated to San Nicolò, a very valuable example of late-Baroque Sicilian art, whose crypt houses the Museo San Nicolò, an important institution that preserves and exhibits notable works of art; the Sanctuary of Santa Maria la Stella, with its baroque façade rich in carvings and the precious works of art kept in the Treasury of Santa Maria La Stella; the Church of the Madonna della Catena, one of the few buildings that survived the earthquake of 1693; the Church of the SS. Sacramento al Circolo, with its characteristic concave façade of Borromian influence; the former Church of San Domenico, now the Municipal Auditorium, and the annexed convent, now home to the Civic Museum and the Municipal Library; the Church of Purgatory with its valuable polychrome stuccos and the gilded wooden altar; the Church of Sant'Antonio with the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre; the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli of the Capuchin Friars which houses a valuable wooden apparatus from the 18th century.
Other valuable religious buildings are: the Church of Sant'Agata and its valuable seventeenth-century chapel of the high altar; the Church of San Giovanni Battista embellished with an eighteenth-century floor in Calatina majolica; the Church of the Guardian Angels with precious stuccos and a floor in Calatina ceramics; the Church of San Sebastiano with its sixteenth-century portal; the Church of the Immaculate Conception whose Franciscan convent, now in ruins, was one of the first in all of Sicily; the Church of San Francesco, custodian of several valuable works; the Church of the Madonna dello Spasimo, one of the few buildings not damaged by the earthquake of 1693; the Church of Calvario, an ancient religious building that stands in a splendid panoramic position; the edicule of San Pietro, what remains of the ancient Church of San Pietro and Paolo; a Church of San Leonardo, an ancient building now in ruins.
Among the extra-urban churches we remember: the sixteenth-century Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie outside the walls which still preserves the original sacristy with a round vault in polished stone; the fifteenth-century Church of the Holy Cross commissioned by the Barresi, lords of the city, with the aim of marking the borders of their territory, which still preserves some of the original structures including the lowered presbytery arch; the Church of the Santissimo Crocifisso al Franco, now in a state of abandonment, located close to the bed of the Iatrini stream, preserves a very ruined painted image depicting the Crucifix between the apostles Peter and Paul.
Of considerable importance is the Archaeological Park of Santa Maria la Vetere, a witness to the past of this village and of its medieval origins. Inside the archaeological park is the Church of Santa Maria la Vetere, of which the right nave and part of the façade remain with its very valuable portal, a masterpiece-symbol of the church; the Church of the Holy Spirit, a rock chapel dug into a side of the quarry of S. Maria la Vetere; the Norman Tower.

Numerous buildings embellish the streets and squares of the village: the castello Barresi-Branciforti, a Norman fortress of which only a few elements remain today; Iatrini Palce, one of the greatest examples of Baroque civil architecture in the city; Niceforo palace, in Baroque style, with its portal full of anthropomorphic figures; Baldanza-Denaro palace with its corbels with masks and bas-reliefs; Liggieri palace with valuable Baroque carvings on the balconies and portals; a href="https://www.enjoysicilia.it/en/enna-villa-del-casale/militello-val-di-catania/palazzo-oliva-militello-in-val-di-catania/">Oliva palace, with a valuable Mannerist-style carved French window; Iatrini-Troìa palace with late Baroque corbels and a rounded railing; Majorana palace, or Palazzo dei Leoni, a valuable example of 16th-century civil architecture with its original rusticated corners enriched by austere lions; Baldanza palace, an imposing building in Baroque style; Palazzo Teina, in Baroque style; Reburdone palace, in Mannerist style; Rejna Palace, in neoclassical style; Sciannaca Palace, in neoclassical style.
Of great value is the fontana della Zizza commissioned by Prince Francesco Branciforte. We also remember the monumental fountain located next to the San Domenico Auditorium and the Cavario drinking trough.Militello in Val di Catania also holds a landscape treasure: the Cascate dell'Ossena, or Oxena, set in a beautiful environmental context. Among the environmental beauties we also remember the Cava del Carcarone, a deep and articulated canyon located to the east of the town where there are extensive banks of fossil corals.
There are several archaeological areas near the town which testify to the frequentation of the territory during a wide chronological span. Among these we remember: the Necropolis of Santa Barbara, a rock settlement with large caves that extends over various terraces connected to each other by stairs carved into the rock; the necropolis of Fildidonna, a vast burial area consisting of approximately four hundred pit tombs dug into the calcarenite; the necropolis of Oxina, a necropolis dating back to the Bronze Age.

Militello In Val di Catania Tourist Map

Monastery of San Benedetto in Militello Val di Catania

Baldanza-Denaro Palace in Militello Val di Catania

Mother Church and Treasury of St. Nicholas in Militello in Val di Catania

Liggieri Palace in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of the Madonna of the Chain in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of Sant'Agata in Militello in Val di Catania

Sciannaca Palace in Militello in Val di Catania

Rejna Palace in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of the Holy Sacrament at the Circolo in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of San Domenico in Militello in Val di Catania

Reburdone Palace in Militello in Val di Catania

Oliva Palace a Militello in Val di Catania

Iatrini-Troìa Palace a Militello in Val di Catania

Baldanza Palace in Militello in Val di Catania

Niceforo Palace in Militello Val di Catania

Church and Treasury of Santa Maria La Stella in Militello Val di Catania

Majorana della Nicchiara Palace in Militello in Val di Catania

Civic Museum in Militello in Val di Catania

Library in Militello in Val di Catania

Latrini Palace in Militello Val di Catania

Church of San Giovanni in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of the Angel in Militello in Val di Catania

Aedicule of San Pietro in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of San Sebastiano in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of Santa Maria La Vetere in Militello Val di Catania

Norman Tower in Militello in Val di Catania

Barresi-Branciforte Castle in Militello in Val di Catania

Fountain of the Ninfa Zizza in Militello Val di Catania

Church of Purgatory in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of Sant'Antonio in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of the Immaculate Conception in Militello in Val di Catania

Capuchin Church in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of San Francesco in Militello in Val di Catania

Church of Spasimo in Militello in Val di Catania

Oxena waterfalls

Church of Calvary in Militello in Val di Catania

Former Church of San Leonardo in Militello in Val di Catania