The Scuola Superiore di Catania is based in Via Valdisavoia 9 in a residential complex known as Villa San Saverio. The Villa, set in an extensive historic garden, is the main building and has monumental value.
The Villa is provided by a 100-seat lecture theatre equipped with HD video, which can stream Scuola events, and various rooms for teaching and seminars, including a 50-seater and a reading room which is home to part of the Scuola library. In the Villa’s garden, there is a small amphitheatre for plays, musicals and cultural events in general.
Built in 1880, it was a holiday home for about 20 years. In 1898, the Valdisavoia Sicilian Agriculture Institute bought the Villa, converted it to a boarding school and extended the buildings bringing them to their current size. In 2001, the Villa was bought by the consortium “Istituto Superiore di Catania per la Formazione di Eccellenza” and then, after careful restoration supervised by Catania’s Dept. of Cultural Assets to preserve a monumental architectural edifice, it became the residential and administrative base of the Scuola Superiore of the University of Catania.
More information are available at the following link: http://ssc.unict.it/en/content/base
