2018 – Le Edicole Votive dedicate a Sant’Agata nella città di Catania [The votive aedicules in honour of Saint Agata in Catania]

Cultural photographic path curated by Gabriele Diego Bonsangue“Le edicole votive dedicate a Sant’Agata nella città di Catania”[“The votive aedicules in honour of Saint Agata in Catania”] Chiesa Badia di Sant’Agata28/01/2018 – 12/02/2018 On January 27th, 2018, at the Chiesa Badia di Sant’Agata, the cultural photographic path about the votive aedicules in honour of Saint Agata in Catania was exhibited. The author explained his project so:“The link existing between the inhabitants of Catania and their Patron Saint, Saint Agata, is reflected also into the big number of votive aedicules dedicated to Her. They represent a private and personal form of worship: this means they have both a religious value and a cultural one, due to their connection with cultural traditions. 2009 census by the superintendence of cultural heritage of Catania showed that in the town there are 240 aedicules. Of them, 32 are in honour of Saint Patron. Among those, I chose the ones that, in my opinion, were the most representative and interesting. Once I had got the authorization by the superintendence, I took a look at the census I talked about previously and then selected only the aedicules in honour to Saint Agata; I located them on Google Maps

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