Piazza del Duomo

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Piazza del Duomo is the central baroque square of Catania, Sicily, renowned for its cathedral, historic palaces, and the iconic Elephant Fountain.

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Piazza del Duomo canonical 2
Piazza Duomo 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site component
public square
tourist attraction
adjacentTo Via Etnea
Via Garibaldi
Via Vittorio Emanuele II
architecturalStyle Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture

Sicilian Baroque
centralMonument Fontana dell’Elefante
surface form: Elephant Fountain
contains municipal government of Catania
seat of the Archbishop of Catania
country Italy
culturalFunction venue for public events and festivals
dedicatedTo Saint Agatha
hasLandmark Amenano Fountain
Catania Cathedral
Diocesan Museum of Catania
Fontana dell’Elefante
surface form: Elephant Fountain

Palazzo degli Elefanti
Palazzo dei Chierici
Porta Uzeda
Town Hall of Catania
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
knownFor Baroque urban layout
Catania Cathedral
Fontana dell’Elefante
surface form: Elephant Fountain

historic palaces
role as main square of Catania
locatedIn Catania
Metropolitan City of Catania
Sicily
historic center of Catania
Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
locatedOn eastern coast of Sicily
mainConstructionPeriod early 18th century
late 17th century
partOf Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto
pavingMaterial lava stone
rebuiltAfter 1693 Sicily earthquake
religiousFunction center of celebrations for Saint Agatha
shape roughly rectangular
tourismImportance major tourist destination in Catania
UNESCOCriteria (ii)
(iv)
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2002
urbanPlanner Giovanni Battista Vaccarini
viewOf Mount Etna

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catania hasLandmark Piazza del Duomo
Catania mainSquare Piazza del Duomo
Catania Cathedral facing Piazza del Duomo
this entity surface form: Piazza Duomo