Catania, the land where the color born

Catania, the land where the color born

The second largest city in Sicily by population, Catania spreads out over the Plain of Catania, between the Ionian Sea and the slopes of Etna. The surrounding countryside, which the volcanic eruptions have made very fertile, is mainly given up to the cultivation of citrus fruit. The close link between the city and the volcano is also visible in the buildings, many of which are constructed in lava stone. According to Thucydides, Katane was founded after 729 BC by the Chalcidian settlers from Naxos, on the hill now known as the “Colle dei Benedettini”. In the 7th c. the legislator Caronda gave the city a moderately inspired government, half-way between oligarchy and democracy. In 476 BC Catania was conquered by Hieron of Syracuse, and the inhabitants were deported, only to return after 15 years. During the Punic Wars the town was conquered by the Romans (263 BC) and it succeeded in maintaining a position of considerable affluence until the Imperial Age. After the decadence caused by the invasions of the Barbarians and the Byzantine conquest, the town was occupied by the Arabs, who redistributed the land and promoted agriculture and commerce. In 1071, after the Norman conquest, construction began on the cathedral, and numerous country villages were founded, each under the jurisdiction of a monastery . Under the Swabians, Frederick II built the Castello Ursino here, in order to complete his fortifications in this part of Sicily. The arrival of the Aragonese in Catania, which the Court often chose as a centre for its activity, led to the foundation of the Siculorum Gymnasium, the first prestigious Sicilian university. The great eruption of 1669 and the terrible earthquake in 1693, which affected all E Sicily and destroyed most of the city, annihilated an economy that was already in a critical state. Catania was eventually rebuilt, and it spread considerably; it then suffered the effect of a new agricultural crisis, before recovering yet again. It was elected provincial capital in the 19th c. and again began to expand towards new zones, until it achieved in our own days its present-day image of a modem city.

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Carlentini, (SR)
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Siracusa, (SR)
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Siracusa, (SR)
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Bagheria, (PA)
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cap 90015
Cefalù, (PA)
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Via Agrigento, 3
cap 90141
Palermo, (PA)
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Via Imperatore Federico,70
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Palermo, (PA)
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Via Delle Viole, 2 - (san Leone Mare - Valle Dei Templi)
cap 92100
Agrigento, (AG)
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Sciacca, (AG)
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B&B
Via Castore E Polluce, 31
cap 91022
Castlvetrano, (TP)
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Viale Nunzio Nasi
cap 91016
Erice, (TP)
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BAGLIO CUDIA TURISMO RURALE

Contrada Spagnola, 381
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Marsala, (TP)
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C.da Srasatti Di Marsala,708
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Contrada Mursia
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Pantelleria, (TP)
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C/da Scauri S. Gaetano 45
cap 91017
Pantelleria, (TP)
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VILLA REGINA

Punta San Giorgio
cap 98030
Castelmola, (ME)
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Via Porta Mola, 9
cap 98030
Castelmola, (ME)
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BOAT & BREACKFAST PORTOROSA
B&B
Via Prestipaolo 27
cap 98054
Furnari, (ME)
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PORTOROSA CASE VACANZE

VIA PRESTIPAOLO 27
cap 98054
FURNARI, (ME)
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VILLA NEFELE

Via Vulcano 2
cap 98030
Giardini-naxos, (ME)
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L'ARIANA

Via Rotabile 11
cap 98050
Leni, (ME)
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RESIDENCE ALBERGHIERO EOLIE

Corso Vittorio Emanuele 101
cap 98055
Lipari, (ME)
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FIORELLO

Via Luigi Fulci 16
cap 98057
Milazzo, (ME)
Tel. 090
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RIVIERA DEL SOLE

Via Del Mare 39/a
cap 98060
Piraino, (ME)
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VILLA RUGGERI
B&B
Via 2° Giampaolo 9
cap 98043
Rometta Marea, (ME)
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MADDY
B&B
Via Panoramica
cap 98030
S. Alessio Siculo - Zona Taormina, (ME)
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Strada Nazionale 421
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Sant'alessio Sculo, (ME)
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MARABEL

Via Musumeci 29
cap 98030
Sant'alessio Siculo - Taormina, (ME)
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Contrada Fiumara
cap 98077
Santo Stefano Di Camastra, (ME)
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EXCELSIOR PALACE HOTEL

Via Toselli 8
cap 98039
Taormina, (ME)
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Via Pirandello,81
cap 98039
Taormina, (ME)
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HOTEL VILLA DUCALE

Via L. Da Vinci,60
cap 98039
Taormina, (ME)
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Hotel Catania e Provincia

MALAVOGLIA INN

Via Provinciale, 5
cap 95026
Aci Castello Fraz Di Acitrezza, (CT)
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MARINA PALACE HOTEL & CONGRESS HALL

Via Provinciale 1
cap 95026
Acitrezza, (CT)
Tel. 0957117800
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VILLA MARTOGLIO
B&B
Via Prima Retta Ponente, 246
cap 95032
Belpasso, (CT)
Tel. 095918544
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HOTEL VILLA MICHELANGELO

Via O.san Bernardo 8
cap 95030
Catania, (CT)
Tel. 095.910176
Email: info@hotelvillamichelangelo.it
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HOTEL VILLA ROMEO

Via Platamone, 8
cap 95131
Catania, (CT)
Tel. 095534714
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Sito Web: www.hotelvillaromeo.it

RIGEL HOTEL

Viale Liberta 63
cap 95129
Catania, (CT)
Tel. 095534911
Email: info@rigelhotel.it
Sito Web: www.rigelhotel.it

PEGASUS
B&B
Via Badaò 17
cap 95013
Fiumefreddo Di Sicilia, (CT)
Tel. 3467042174
Email: infopegasus@virgilio.it
Sito Web: www.bbpegasus.it

HOTEL SCRIVANO

Via Bonaventura, 2
cap 95036
Randazzo, (CT)
Tel. 095921126
Email: info@hotelscrivano.com
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AIRONE

Via Cassone, 67
cap 95019
Zafferana Etnea, (CT)
Tel. 0957081819
Email: info@hotel-airone.it
Sito Web: www.hotel-airone.it