Militello in Val di Catania. Chiesa confraternale of Santa Maria dello Spasimo

In 1500 a cave chapel decorated with frescoes was located in the western part of the city, along an ancient mule track. When the bishop was on a pastoral visit to Militello, he stopped here to wear pontifical clothes. In 1568 a church was built not far from the chapel, embellished in the second half of the 1700s by a carved stone portal and valuable stuccos. There is a magnificent statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, deeply revered by the militellesi.