Palazzo Cutelli

In 1654, count Mario Cutelli, a judge in Catania, endowed in his will the establishment of a private, secular college to train young noblemen in the arts of governance and law.

The turbulence of the next century, including the 1693 earthquake, meant the physical construction of the present baroque architecture college was not complete until 1779, designed by Giovanni Battista Vaccarini and completed by Francesco Battaglia.

The facade is sober and broad with a set of 8 columns surrounding a central balcony with an iron balustrade.

Around this courtyard is a portico of doric pilasters supporting arches, all surmounted by a circumferential balcony.

A third story is located in the portion of the college destined to house the rectors of the institution.