Thursday Doors: Catania, Sicily, Italy

Here’s my contribution to Thursday Doors, a weekly door-lover’s group hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities. 

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For those of you who celebrate, I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving last week!  I meant to post, but the day got away from me. 

This week, like my last door post, I’m featuring the ancient port city of Catania (Sicily) in Italy where my husband and I romped around early in the Fall of 2021.

There are times when Catania is covered in a layer of black dust from the active volcano, Mount Etna, that sits overlooking the city.  Most everywhere you go in the city, you can see Etna in the distance.  Volcanic eruptions have destroyed the city in the past, but each time it has been rebuilt and some of the building material used is lava.  Ancient Romans used Etna’s lavastone for the construction of roads and for the famous 1800-year-old Roman Amphitheatre in Catania.

Catania’s central piazza, Piazza del Duomo, is a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Featured in the piazza is the Cathedral of Saint Agatha, made of lava and limestone in the Black Baroque style.

The main wooden door of the cathedral consists of thirty-two panels, finely carved, that illustrate various portraits and scenes. On each side of the main door are the marble statues of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

In the middle of piazza is the Fontana dell’Elefante with a sculpture of an elephant made from lavastone.  The statue is the city’s emblem, though the origin is somewhat a mystery.

I found Catania to be a very interesting city and well worth a visit.  If you’d like to see my first door post from Catania, visit here. More photos of the city are on their way next week. 

For more doors from all around the globe, visit Dan at No Facilities.

Have a wonderful weekend.  Stay safe, stay well!

Teagan’s Books

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