Architecture nominee

The University of Catania building is located in the square of the same name along Via Etnea. Like almost all the buildings in Catania, the University building was built after the disastrous Val di Noto earthquake of 1693. Several architects contributed to its construction, including Francesco and Antonino Battaglia, and Giovanni Battista Vaccarini. The building covers an entire city block, like the nearby Palazzo degli Elefanti, with a cloister-shaped internal courtyard with doors originally open on all four sides of the building.

Born in Catania in 1983. He discovers the photographic language, at the second year of university during a course in History and Techniques of Photography. In 2006 he attended a photojournalism laboratory directed by Angelo Di Giorgio in the Faculty of Communication Sciences in Catania, where he graduated with a thesis on acting techniques in theater, cinema and television. He specializes in Advertising and Institutional Communication at the Faculty of Communication Sciences and Economics of Reggio Emilia, a city where he lived for about four years. In the 2012 he returned to Catania, and resumed his passion for photography by enrolling in a creative advanced photography course directed by the photographer Rosaria Forcisi at the Artea Cultural Association of San Gregorio di Catania.