San Martino dei Bianchi, Catania

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

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