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Palazzo dell'Universita, Catania

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The Palazzo dell'Universita, also known as the Palazzo Centrale dell'Universita di Catania, is a monumental palace on the Piazza Universitaria in the center of Catania, in the Sicily region of southern Italy. It serves as the main administrative seat of the University of Catania. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
Palace 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Catania, Italy 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1696 3
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Palace 1
Connections

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Palace, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Sicilian Baroque Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Palazzo dell'Universita, Catania (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, located there.
Sources
1. Palazzo dell'Universita, Catania (Wikipedia)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Palazzo dell'Universita, also known as the Palazzo Centrale dell'Universita di Catania, is a monumental palace on the Piazza Universitaria in the center of Catania, in the Sicily region of southern Italy. It serves as the main administrative seat of the University of Catania.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Palace)
    The Palazzo dell'Università or Palazzo Centrale dell'Università di Catania is a monumental palace located in Piazza Universitaria, in the center of the city of Catania, region of Sicily, southern Italy. Since its construction, it has housed the main offices of the University of Catania, and stands across the piazza from the Palazzo San Giuliano, also housing offices of the university. It presently
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2. Palazzo dell'Universita, Catania (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Catania, Italy
    Wikidata item Q3891414, property P131/P17 (location): Catania, Italy
  • In Style: Sicilian Baroque Architecture, Wikidata P149
    architectural style: Sicilian Baroque
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3. Palazzo dell'Universita, Catania (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1696)
Quote, Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1696)
Wikidata item Q3891414, inception (P571): year 1696
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