monastero dei benedettini
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I thoroughly enjoyed my tour with Simona (I was the only one there so I had a personal tour). The building has an interesting history and gives an in-depth insight into the life lived by the Benedictine monks at the times they lived there. You can see the forces of nature - Etna - coming face to face with the resourcefulness and determination of man. It almost made me want to go back to university and study social sciences just so I could be in this building every day - the University restored the monastery under an agreement with the government. Well worth the money.
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Take the guided tour-if you don't speak Italian, call ahead to arrange a tour in English. The architecture, the history of the monastery (cultural, religious and geologic) are fascinating.
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Guided tours are available, but most are in Italian, so if you want an English tour be sure you check when these happen before you go. You can explore parts of the monastery for free, but the guided tours are much more informative.It's a beautiful place. Stop by for an hour or two.
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I visited the Monastery/University twice, once on a guided tour and once without. The tour is a must, as it provides very interesting background on a fascinating university building (built on top of a monastery which was itself built on top of another monastery, which was built on top of a Roman/Greek village!). The remains of all this can be seen clearly from the fantastic renovation job, and I would love to know how it feels to study in a library overlooking Roman ruins, in a pre-1000AD monastery.
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Me and my brother we were travelling in Sicily this October. We stopped also in Catania for five days. We absolutely had to visit The Monastery San Nicolo. Incredible! We had great guided tour with Miss Maria Rachelle. We appreciate very much that it is in the same time also the University. We are sure you can not miss this tour being in Catania.
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The monastary is now the University of Catania - and very active with students. When we visited an English tour was not available so we wandered around on our own (for free) with a map provided at the ticket office. It was interesting to be strolling through the halls with the students. The architecture was interesting and the stairways leading upstairs were fabulous (but the reliefs could use some cleaning).
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It is possible to join a tour guide for this sight and I would highly recommend that. This is a place where one should really get to know it's history and be guided to view all the ancient ruins beneath the monastery. A lot of history here and good to be able to wander about.
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We had a great time when we visited and went on the tour we were the only English speakers but the guide was brilliant she would also explain in English. But it wasn't until we got back to the U.K that my partner kept wishing he'd bought one of the lava key rings from the shop. So I emailed the shop a few weeks back got a response off Simona who has been fantastic in sorting this out for me. I sent the money order last Tuesday and it arrived today, partner absolutely delighted with it. So molto molto bene to everyone but especially Simona.
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This was a most interesting tour of the monastery, giving access to places that would not be open to public access and which would not easily be found even if they were. the guide was knowledgeable and, together with the printed guide in English, was able to help us understand the building and its previous history. Though he ensured we understood he had little English, he helped us to understand the effects of the lava flow on the building and also thereby elsewhere in Catania. An interesting building, an insight into a class-ridden society and the way in which the monastic life related to it.
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This monastery has appeared under various guises throughout history and each one has completely overtaken the previous identity. However now belonging to the university, clever architects have designed it in such a way that you can see evidence of all the occupants through uncovered layers. Planners in my city could well learn a lot from this style. The most spectacular is the track for several metres of a Roman road which is there for all to see in front. It really does take your breath away