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Post code I-95131 Catania Sicily Italy

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The Bonajuto Chapel is the only building of the late middle age (the Byzantine period) to have survived the devastating earthquakes of 1693. It is an ancient chapel located 2 mt bolow the street level that remained miraculously intact. It is a small small building hidden by the walls of an eighteenth century aristocratic palace. It has been property of the Bonajuto family for centuries.This noble family had held it as shrine of family as well as private chapel. It deals with one "trichora" Byzantine that is a building with three apses; before its restauration it had knowledge thanks to the sketches of Jean Houel. It is constituted by numerous spaces of medieval ages and of the 400 and nowadays it' is used for exposures and conventions.

The Bonajuto Chapel:via Bonajuto, 5-13 Tel - 0039 095/321338 Timetable: from tuesday to saturday 9,30-13; also on reservation. Closing - monday and Sunday . Tikets:  € 2,00; reduced € 1,00.