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There is a little Italian proverb that said:

" Palermo grandeza, Catania belleza."
This proverb purported that Palermo have the
larger City, but Catania the beauty of Sicily.

Island of the Sun

Catania was one of the main centers of the Sicilian Vespers revolt (1282)
against the House of Anjou, and was the seat of the incoronation of the
new Aragonese king of Sicily, Peter I. In the early 15th century, Sicily was
turned into a province of the larger Kingdom of Aragon and with the
unification of Castile and Aragon (early 16th century) Sicily became part of
the Spanish Empire. Catania was one of the vanguards of the movement
for the Sicilian autonomy in the early 19th century.
In 1434 King Alfonso V founded here the Siciliae Studium Generale, the
oldest university in the island.
Catania a fost unul dintre focarele principale ale revoltei Vecerniile
Siciliene (cu urmri notabile asupra ansamblului situaiei politice a ntregii
cretinti medievale) mpotriva Casei de Anjou i a fost locul ncoronrii
noului rege aragonez al Siciliei, Petru I. La nceputul secolului XV Sicilia a
devenit provincie a Regatului de Aragon iar la nceputul secolului XVI,
dup unificarea Castiliei cu Aragonul, a fcut parte din Imperiul Spaniol.
Catania a fost de asemenea n avangarda micrii pentru autonomia
Siciliei la nceputul secolului XIX.
n anul 1434 regele spaniol Alfonso V Magnanimul a fondat la Catania
prima universitate din Sicilia.

Catania

UNESCO World Heritage Site, representing "the final flowering of baroque art in Europe.

Via Garibaldi ends at Porta Garibaldi, formerly

Ferdinanda, which was erected in 1768 in honour of the
wedding of Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina of Austria.
This city-gate was designed by the architects Francesco
Battaglia (inner part) and Stefano Ittar (the elegantly
decorated outer part).

Via Garibaldi duce la

Poarta Garibaldi, un
arc de triumf care s-a
numit iniial Porta
Ferdinanda, ridicat cu
ocazia cstoriei
regelui Ferdinand IV
cu Maria Carolina de
Austria (sora Mariei
Antoanetta)

Corso Sicilia

The Via Etnea is one of Sicilys most famous

streets. When the weather is clear it offers a
wonderful view of the peak of the Etna
volcanoe that thrones over the city.

Corso Sicilia

Via Etnea Chiesa dei Minoriti

Architetto Francesco Battaglia

Chiesa dei Minoriti. Architetto Francesco Battaglia

Via Etnea Palazzo dei Minoriti

Via Etnea Palazzo San Demetrio &Palazzo dei Minoriti

After the apocalyptic earthquake of 1693 the

aristocratic Palace of the family Massa di
San Demetrio was the first construction of
Catania to be rebuilt from the smoking
rubbles.
Dup cutremurul apocaliptic din anul 1693
Palatul San Demetrio al familiei Massa a
fost prima construcie din Catania realizat
din ruinele fumegnde

Via Etnea Palazzo San Demetrio

Via Etnea este una dintre cele mai faimoase

strzi din Sicilia. In zilele senine se vede
vrful vulcanului Etna care strjuie oraul

Proceeding towards North, along Via

Etnea we meet the CHIESA DELLA
COLLEGIATA; the Royal Chapel was built
in the first two decades of 700 by Antonio
Amato; the faade is in late baroque style
and within, fresco portrayals by Sciuti are
present, and also paintings by Sozzi.
Pe Via Etnea, n apropierea Universitii,
se afl i CHIESA DELLA COLLEGIATA;
capela regal a fost construit la
nceputul secolului XVIII de Antonio
Amato

Palazzo Biscari alla Collegiata

Arancini a national sicilian emblem

The most widely read author in Italia, Camilleri, whose 'Montalbano' detective novels fostered a hugely
successful string of 12 movies, wrote one of the novels around this dish 'Gli arancini di Montalbano'

Catania - Vincenzo Bellini Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di CataniaFontanarossa Vincenzo Bellini) is located 4.3 km southwest of Catania

Text: Internet
Pictures :Sanda Foioreanu
Internet
Gabriela Cristescu
Otilia Contra
Copyright: All the images belong to their authors.

Sound:

Canti Popolari Siciliani

Arangement: Sanda Foioreanu

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