What to see · Caltagirone

Caltagirone's cathedral, a minor basilica since 1948, holds an 1862 painted cycle by Giuseppe Vaccaro.

Luigi Sturzo was ordained a priest here in 1894; his tomb has stood in the church since 1962.

Jesuit church in Caltagirone, dedicated to the name of Jesus in 1593, with works by Gagini and Paladini.

Founded in 1582 by the Order of Minims on a former Dominican church, on Caltagirone's via Roma.

The minor basilica of San Giacomo, founded in 1090, holds the silver ark of Caltagirone's patron saint.

Caltagirone's old mother church, “la Matrice,” crowning the Santa Maria del Monte staircase.

Greek-Sicel site excavated by Paolo Orsi, with an anaktoron and a necropolis above the Maroglio valley

The former Bourbon prison of Caltagirone holds civic museums founded by Luigi Sturzo in 1914.