Bellini nella città di Bellini description

The “Bellini in the town of Bellini” app is offered as a tool for a virtual tour of the mainsights of Catania, which have a connection with the human and artistic experience of Vincenzo Bellini.

It starts from the birthplace, today seat of the Museo Civico Belliniano, then moved to the Church of St. Francis Borgia, in which Bellini was baptized, and continues with the monumental complex of the Benedictine Monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena, the Palace of the University, the Cathedral, the Palace of the Prince of Biscari and finally the Teatro Massimo Bellini, built after the composer's death and inaugurated with the staging of Norma.

By clicking on the appropriate bookmark in the map, for each of the seven historic sites are available: a series of photos, a concise informative text and a short music listening that describe the Bellini opera in its wealth of genres and forms.

With the arrows at the top right, you can also navigate from one place to anothe rwithout having to manually scroll the map.