Catania - Piazza Mazzini

To the north of the Castello Ursino in Catania the Via Auteri leads to the Piazza Mazzini, a large Baroque square which interrupts the course of the Via Garibaldi, the road leading from the Piazza del Duomo westwards to the Porta Garibaldi. The Piazza Mazzini (originally Piazza San Filippo or Piazza del Mercato), a square-shaped area in the middle of a road intersection, has been kept as it was in the 18th century, with porticos around it - for which 32 ancient columns were used - and buildings of the same height with their pilasters.