San Gaetano alle Grotte, Catania

San Gaetano alle Grotte is a church in Catania, region of Sicily, southern Italy.

The flank of this small church faces Piazza Carlo Alberto where the minor basilica church of the Santuario della Madonna del Carmine is located.

In the seventh century, a church was built atop, once called Santa Maria La Grotta.

The Norman rulers, restores a church and added the large columns of the upper presbytery.

The church was razed by the 1693 Sicily earthquake, and reconstruction was pursued for nearly the entire 18th century, completed only in 1801.

Facade of the church