These twin theatres west of Piazza del Duomo are Catania's most impressive Graeco-Roman remains. Both are picturesquely sited in the thick of a crumbling residential neighbourhood, with laundry occasionally flapping on the rooftops of vine-covered buildings that appear to have sprouted organically from the half-submerged stage. Adjacent to the main theatre is the Casa Liberti , an elegantly restored 19th-century palazzo with tiled floors and red wallpaper that now houses two millennia worth of artefacts discovered during excavation of the theatres.
