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The Cathedral of Saint Agatha (Cattedrale di Sant'Agata) is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Catania, dedicated to the city's patron saint. Originally Norman (1078–1093), it was rebuilt in baroque style after the 1693 earthquake and combines Roman columns, medieval apses, and an 18th-century façade by Giovanni Battista Vaccarini.
Roger I of Sicily founded the first cathedral on this site in 1078, incorporating columns from a Roman theatre. Earthquakes in 1169 and 1693 destroyed most of the structure. The current baroque façade was designed by Vaccarini around 1736, while the interior retains elements from multiple rebuilding phases.