Located at the foot of the suggestive Mount Etna which with its eruptions often gives it a particular charm, Catania, overlooking the Ionian Sea, is a splendid city of art, an undisputed example of Sicilian Baroque and for this Unesco heritage together with the other cities of the Val of Noto.
Catania originates as a Sicilian settlement, refounded with the name of Kατ?vη in 729 BC. by Chalcidian Greek colonists. In the 5th century BC it was occupied by the Syracusans, who baptized it Etna, it was then conquered by the Romans in 263 BC. Shocked by the terrible eruption of Etna in 1669 and the disastrous earthquake of 1693, the city was almost entirely rebuilt at the beginning of the eighteenth century, according to the baroque taste of the time that characterizes all of south-eastern Sicily.
Catania is a city that leaves you fascinated. Starting with the notable evidence dating back to the Roman period. The city is also an illustrious example of Sicilian Baroque and post-earthquake reconstruction, preserving the urban layout designed by the architect Vaccarini.
Catania - Virtual Tour 360°
Address: Piazza Duomo
Phone: +39 095 742 1111
Site:
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