Palazzo Gravina-Cruyllas

The Palazzo Gravina-Cruyllas is a palace located on the corner of Piazza San Francesco and Via Vittorio Emanuele (Il Corso), in the center of the city of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.

Vincenzo Bellini was born here, and the site now houses a museum dedicated to the opera composer: the Museo Civico Belliniano.

The entrance stands across the piazza from the Monument to Blessed Giuseppe Dusmet and the church of San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata.

The prior palace of the aristocratic Gravina Cruyllas, Princes of Palagonia, was razed by the 1693 Sicily earthquake.

The building has undergone many modifications, including addition of a fourth floor after 1924.

View of Palace
Palazzo dei Gravina Gruyas circa 1800