page_title: Paternò
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Paternò / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Antonio Caruso Il Castello Normanno di Paternò (CT)
context_page_description: Paternò is a southern Italian town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily. With a population of 48,009, it is the third municipality of the province after Catania and Acireale.
context_section_description: The Norman Castle, built in 1072 by order of Roger I of Sicily.
  Mother Church (Chiesa Madre di Santa Maria dell'Alto), built in 1342 and largely modified in the early 18th century. It is connected by a scenic staircase to the Porta del Borgo
  San Francesco alla Collina (1346), with a church in Gothic style and remains of Baroque decorations.
  Rococo church of Cristo al Monte.
  Church of St.Catherine of Alexandria
  Santa Maria della Valle di Iosaphat, commissioned in 1072 by Adelaide del Vasto, with a precious Gothic portal.
  Associazione Culturale Paternesi.com, a cultural association born in November 2002, from an idea of Giorgio Ciancitto, to take care of the city of Paternò around the world.
  The Paterno Salinelle site.
caption: The Norman Castle.
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