San Martino dei Bianchi, Catania

San Martino dei Bianchi is a Roman Catholic church located on corso Vittorio Emanuele #191 (also entrance Via San martino 24) in the center of the city of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.

History and description

The present church with its undulating late-Baroque facade was built in the 18th century, commissioned by the Arch-confraternity of the Bianchi, using designs by the architect Stefano Ittar (1724-1790). The prior church of the lay confraternity had been destroyed by the 1693 earthquake. The confraternity provided comfort and burial assistance to those condemned to death.^[1] Further down along Via San Martino, at the number 10, on the second floor is a plaque recalling the inn where Goethe stayed during his Italian Journey through Catania in 1787.

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37°30′09″N 15°05′09″E / 37.50259°N 15.08597°E / 37.50259; 15.08597