Catania - San Benedetto

A little to the north on the left-hand side of the Via Crociferi in Catania stand two important Baroque churches: the first one being the Chiesa di San Benedetto, the church of the Benedictine nuns. Its special attraction is the entrance hall with its elegant staircase which leads up to the single- aisled interior which has ceiling paintings ("Glory of Saint Benedict") by Giovanni Tuccari from Messina (1726).