It starts in Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi and can be reached by passing under the massive arch of St. Benedict, according to tradition, was built in one night, and connects the two parts of the Benedictine convent that is the Great Abbey and the Abbey Small. It was built after the earthquake of 1693, with the help of the best architects of the eighteenth century who helped to give her splendor and beauty and is famous for the elaborate Baroque churches and the imposing eighteenth-century palaces houses, in fact, well over 200 meters presents four beautiful churches, including precisely the Church of San Camillo Crociferi Fathers that is at the end of the road and from which it takes its name, the Church of St. Benedict, the Church of St. Francis, and the Church of San Giuliano. From this road, passing the procession of Saint Agatha the patron saint of the city, which stops right in front of the Church of St. Benedict, to listen to the songs sung by the Benedictine nuns and then headed to the Cathedral on the way back. The Via Crociferi, is rightly considered one of the brightest examples of Baroque Etna because of its decorative elements and its scenery and has often been used as a frame of famous film and literary works.