Piazza Stesicoro

The circumvalent street is bisected by Via Etna and at the eastern end opens to the modern boulevard of corso Sicilia.

The western half of the piazza displays ruins of the former Ancient Roman amphitheater of Catania.

Facing the ruins is the neoclassical facade of the church of San Biagio, also known as Sant'Agata alla Fornace.

[1] this monument had been removed by 1864 after the 1861 defeat by Garibaldi of the armies of the Bourbon monarchy of Naples and Sicily.

The monument honoring Ferdinand's father King Francis I, which had been at Piazza dell'Universita was also removed during this period.