Villa Cerami, Catania

Adjacent or nearby are three Sant'Agata churches: la Vetere, al Carcere, and alla Fornace.

Due to the devastation of the 1693 earthquake, the villa we see likely dates mainly to the reconstruction pursued by the architect Giovanni Battista Vaccarini.

The villa passed on the comune of Catania and became a school, with the facility falling into decay, and losing most of the mobile artwork.

However, from 1962 to 1964, to create offices for the faculty, classrooms, and a library, a modern 5 story glass tower was built in the northwest portion of the property in what had been part of the gardens.

The Baroque portico, rich with sculptural decoration and the Cerami coat of arms, leads to a forecourt where the scuderia (former carriage-house) has been converted to classrooms.