Taormina

The Congress Hall is located in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele along the road leading to the Greek Theatre

The church was built outside the walls, near the ancient church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, by the monks of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins who arrived in Taormina in 1559. The existing church of St. Catherine of Alexandria dated back to 1400, next to it was built in 1551 the Capuchin monastery. The convent was sold to the Capuchin Fathers on April 27th of 1610, at a price of 2,000 forints, with the consent of the Archbishop of Messina and the Spaniard Pietro Ruiz de Valdeviesco, to enlarge the convent. The nobles and some citizens promised to pay the said sum at the same time the sale decided to build another church dedicated to S. Caterina inside the walls. On the main façade there is a beautiful portal ogivo, whose jambs are stone of Taormina, and whose lintel fitting shelves is in red marble of Taormina. Above the lintel there is the very ornate ogivo arc, and the sides of the jambs there are two twisted columns, and the entire portal is framed by a decorative black lava pumice, in the traditional style tauromenitano. The portal of the church of the Capuchins is dominated by a rectangular window, […]

he Church of San Pietro is located on Via Pirandello, in an area that identified a previous Arab necropolis

The Church of Saint Pancrazio is one of the most important churches in Taormina

The Baroque façade shows the beautiful portal, whose doorposts and the lintel are Taormina pink marble

Built in the second half of 1600

The church, in Baroque style, was built in the first half of 1600

Built in about 1330 it was completely destroyed by bombing in 1943