Editing Catania (section)

===Baroque and historical churches===
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Chiesa di San Placido (Catania).JPG|''San Placido''
2893 - Catania - Giov. Batt. Vaccarini - Chiesa della Badia di S. Agata (1767) - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto, 4-July-2008.jpg|''Badìa di Sant'Agata''
ChiesaSFrancescoImmacolataCT.JPG|''San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata''
SAgataFornaceEst.JPG|''Sant'Agata alla Fornace'' or ''San Biagio''
Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'aiuto (Catania, XVIII sec.).jpg|''Santa Maria dell'Aiuto''
Catania Chiesa San Benedetto234232.jpg|''San Benedetto da Norcia''
Chiesa di San Francesco Borgia a Catania.jpg|''San Francesco Borgia''
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The Baroque city centre of Catania is a [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe#Italy|UNESCO World Heritage Site]].

*[[Catania Cathedral]] (1070–1093, rebuilt after 1693 earthquake) built atop ''Terme Achilliana''
*[[Badia di Sant'Agata|Sant'Agata, Badia di]] (1620), church and monastery
*[[Sant'Agata la Vetere, Catania|Sant'Agata la Vetere]] (254) church
*[[Sant'Agata al Borgo, Catania|Sant'Agata al Borgo]],  built 1669, destroyed 1693, rebuilt 1709). The "Borough" (''il Borgo'') is an inner district of Catania.
*[[Sant'Agata al Carcere, Catania|Sant'Agata al Carcere]] or ''Santo Carcere'' (1760). Church built above jail (carcere) where Ste Agatha was allegedly imprisoned during her martyrdom.
*Sant'Agata on [[Lava|the Lavic Runnels]]
*[[Sant'Anna, Catania|Sant'Anna]] church
*San Antonio Abate
*[[San Benedetto, Catania|San Benedetto]] (1704–1713) church and adjacent ''Badìa Grande e Piccola del Chiostro delle Monache Benedettine''
*[[San Biagio, Catania|San Biagio]], church formerly called ''Sant'Agata alla Fornace'' (1098, rebuilt 1700)
*[[Basilica della Collegiata]], [[Sicilian Baroque]] façade by [[Stefano Ittar]]
*[[San Camillo ai Crociferi]], church
*Santa Caterina al Rinazzo church
*[[Santa Chiara, Catania|Santa Chiara]] (1563) church, and former convent of Poor Clares
*[[San Domenico, Catania|San Domenico]] or Santa Maria la Grande  (1224), church and convent
*Sant'Euplio, ruins of church
*[[San Filippo Neri, Catania|San Filippo Neri]]
*[[San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata, Catania|San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata]] (1329), Franciscan church with tomb of its founding patron, Queen [[Eleanor of Sicily]]
*[[San Francesco Borgia, Catania|San Francesco Borgia]] church and adjacent former Jesuit college
*[[San Francesco di Paola, Catania|San Francesco di Paola]]
*[[San Gaetano alle Grotte, Catania|San Gaetano alle Grotte]] (260) church
*[[San Gaetano alla Marina, Catania|San Gaetano alla Marina]]
*San Giovanni Battista, in the suburb of San Giovanni di Galermo
*[[San Giuliano, Catania|San Giuliano]] church and convent
*San Giuseppe al Duomo church
*San Giuseppe al Transito church
*[[Santuario della Madonna del Carmine, Catania|Madonna del Carmine]] (1729) Basilica church and sanctuary
*[[Santa Maria di Gesu, Catania|Santa Maria di Gesu]] church (1465, restored in 1706)
*Santa Maria della Guardia church
*[[Santa Maria dell'Indirizzo, Catania|Santa Maria dell'Indirizzo]] (1730) church
*Santa Maria della Mercede church
*[[Santa Maria della Salute, Catania|Santa Maria della Mercede]] church
*Santa Maria di Ogninella
*[[Santa Maria della Purità, Catania|Santa Maria della Purità]] or ''della Visitazione'' (1775), church and conservatory
*Santa Maria della Providenza al Borgo, church
*[[Santa Maria della Rotonda, Catania|Santa Maria della Rotonda]]
*Santa Maria del Soccorso or Santa Maria della Palma church
*[[Santa Maria dell'Aiuto, Catania|Santa Maria dell'Aiuto]] parish church and sanctuary
*''Santa Maria dell'Itria'' or ''Odigitria'', church
*[[Santa Marta, Catania|Santa Marta]]
*[[San Martino dei Bianchi, Catania|San Martino dei Bianchi]] church
*San Michele the Lesser
*[[San Michele Arcangelo ai Minoriti, Catania|San Michele Arcangelo ai Minoriti]]  (Franciscan) church, a second [[Immacolata Concezione dei Minoritelli, Catania|Minoritelli church]] is nearby
*[[San Nicolò l'Arena, Catania|San Nicolò l'Arena]] (1687), unfinished basilica church and extensive Benedictine [[Monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena]] (1558) 
*San Nicolas al Borgo
*[[San Placido, Catania|San Placido]] (1769) church
*Madonna delle Grazie Chapel
*[[Santa Rita in Sant'Agostino, Catania|Santa Rita in Sant'Agostino]] church
*[[San Sebastiano, Catania|San Sebastiano]] (1313)
*[[Santa Teresa, Catania|Santa Teresa]], Carmelitan church and convent
*[[Santissima Trinità, Catania|Santissima Trinità]], church
*[[Santa Ursula, Catania|Santa Ursula]]
*[[Conservatorio delle Verginelle di Sant'Agata|Chiesa delle Verginelle di Sant'Agata]]
*[[San Vincenzo de' Paoli, Catania|San Vincenzo de' Paoli]], church
*Santissimo Sacramento al Borgo church
*Chapel of the ''Blind's Housing'' (''Ospizio dei Ciechi'')
*''Santissimo Sacramento al Duomo'', church
*Church of the [[Child Jesus|Holy Child]]
*Our Lady of [[Divine Providence|Providence]]
*San Berillo in Santa Maria degli Ammalati, church
*Our Lady of the Poor
*Little Saviour's [[Byzantine architecture|Byzantine]] [[chapel]]
*Church of the ''Santissimo Sacramento Ritrovato'' (1796)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacramentoritrovato.com/index.php |title=Santissimo Sacramento Ritrovato – Home |publisher=Sacramentoritrovato.com |date=16 March 2009 |access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref>
*Sanctuary of [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Our Lady]] of Ognina (1308).<ref>{{cite web |title=Santa Maria di Lognina |url=http://www.etnalandonline.it/catania/chiese/smlognina/smlognina.html |access-date=20 August 2008 |language=it |website=Etanland on line |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528075055/http://www.etnalandonline.it/catania/chiese/smlognina/smlognina.html |archive-date=28 May 2009}}</ref> ''Ognina'' is the [[maritime quarter]] and the main fishing port in Catania. Many bareboats and sailing vessels gather here all year round. In its close vicinity is a cylindrical tower known as Saint Mary's Tower (''Torre Santa Maria''),<ref>{{cite web |title=Catania, Torre di Ognina |language=it |trans-title=Saint Mary's Tower of Ognina |url=http://www.mondimedievali.net/Castelli/Sicilia/catania/ognina.htm |website=Mondi medievali|publisher=Archeoambiente e Giuseppe Tropea }}</ref> which was restructured in the 16th century to prevent the frequent plundering by the Saracen pirates. The church is the result of the gradual modification of the Greek Temple ''[[Athena]] Longatis'' or ''Parthenos Longatis'' that existed on the steep reef. This cult was imported from a [[Boeotia]]n region of [[Greece]] called ''Longas''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/L/Longatis.html |title=Athena Longatis |publisher=Mythindex.com |access-date=5 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427012023/http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/L/Longatis.html |archive-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> from where the first Hellenic settlers of this borough probably came. After the earthquake of 1693 it was rebuilt in the same place, but with a different orientation.
*[[Virgin of Montserrat|Our Lady of Montserrat]] (1755)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parrocchie.it/catania/monserrato/ |title=Home Page Parrocchia N.S. di Monserrato |publisher=Parrocchie.it |access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref>
*[[Our Lady of La Salette|Saint Mary of La Salette]]
*Our Lady of Concordia
*Our Lady of Consolation
*Santissimo Crocifisso Maiorana church
*''Crucifix of Miracles''
*Crucifix of Good Death
*Our Lady of La Mecca<ref>''La Mecca'' is not named after the Saudi [[holy city]], but a vernacular Catanian word that identifies a "[[silk]] mill" that existed, in effect, in its vicinity.</ref>
*Most Holy Redeemer
*''Divina Maternità'' church
*Chapel of [[Mary Help of Christians|Mary Auxiliatrix]]
*Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus church
*''Sacro Cuore al Fortino'' (1898) church
*Saints [[Saint George|George]] and [[Saint Denis of Paris|Denis]]
*Sacred Heart Church of the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchins]]
*Saint Christopher
*Saints Cosmas and Damian
*Saint Vitus
*''Santi Angeli Custodi'' church
*''Santissimo Salvatore'' church