Porta Uzeda

Southern gate to historic 18th century Catania

Named after the Spanish duke Uzeda, who was governor of Sicily when the devastating 1693 earth quacke destroyed eastern Sicily. The Baroque architecture of the gate building resembles that of many of ...

Southern gate to historic 18th century Catania

Named after the Spanish duke Uzeda, who was governor of Sicily when the devastating 1693 earth quacke destroyed eastern Sicily. The Baroque architecture of the gate building resembles that of many of ...

A Gate in the Defensive Walls

This is a gate in the defensive walls. It is only a few feet from the Cathedral and the Museo Diocesano. You will have a view with a different perspective from the museum’s terrace.

A Gate in the Defensive Walls

This is a gate in the defensive walls. It is only a few feet from the Cathedral and the Museo Diocesano. You will have a view with a different perspective from the museum’s terrace.

in the same style as the Palazzo next to it

On the south side of the Piazza del Duomo is the Porta Uzeda, which is attached to the Palazzo del Seminario dei Chierici and is built in the same style, thus with a mixture of white stones and black ...