Inaugurated in 1998, the Monumental Complex of San Giovanni stands in Piazza Garibaldi of Catanzaro, in the area of ??the Norman Castle, built in the 11th century by Roberto il Guiscardo and partially destroyed in the 15th century.
The materials of the castle were used - among other things - for the construction of the Church of SS. Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista, seat of one of the most important brotherhoods of the city; the Congrega dei Bianchi di Santa Croce (1563) with the Hospitio (1569) and the convent of the Teresians (1645).
These last two buildings were later transformed into barracks and then into prisons.
On 18 December 1998, with an exhibition dedicated to Andrea Cefaly, the San Giovanni Complex set out towards a new cycle of life and history.
In 1999, a new exhibition dedicated to Mattia Preti (the Calabrian Cavalier) consecrated the complex as a prestigious cultural and exhibition center, one of the most important in Southern Italy.
This is the role that the complex holds today, thanks to the suggestiveness of the place and the breadth of the restored exhibition spaces.
Church and Monumental Complex of San Giovanni Battista
Address: Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 24, 88100
Phone: 339 4871395 - 338 2915732
Site:
http://www.catanzarodascoprire.it/Location inserted by
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