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The Diocesan Museum of Catania is located in the historic center of the city, near the Cathedral of Sant'Agata. The Museum is housed in the Palazzo del Seminario dei Clierici, a historic building from the second half of the seventeenth century. From the museum it is possible to access the terraces from which you can admire the beautiful view of the Piazza del Duomo and Mount Etna. In addition, you can access the underground complex of the Achillian Baths of Roman origin, where the Amenano river flows. The Museum houses the art collection from donations and acquisitions of the diocese. The route is divided into two sections which include the sacred furnishings of the Cathedral of Catania and those from other churches with a small picture gallery. Among the works kept in the museum there are relics in gold and silver, chalices, reliquaries, pyxes, pastoral sticks and monstrances and other religious accessories. Of great value are: the sword that belonged to Ludovico d'Aragona and the reliquaries of San Giorgio and San Cataldo. The art gallery houses a small nucleus of paintings and sculptures from the seventeenth to the eighteenth century by local and southern Italian artists.

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Via Etnea, 8
95124 Catania

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