Catania
Porto Turistico
Teatro Vincenzo Bellini
Duomo
Foto: Mario Tornatore
2011
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Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse, with a population of around 299,000 people.
Catania is known to have a seismic history and past, having been destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169, another in 1693, and several volcanic eruptions from the neighbouring Mount Etna volcano, the most violent of which was in 1669.
Today, Catania is one of the main economic, touristic and educational centres in the island, being an important hub of the technological industry, thus gaining the nickname of the "European Silicon Valley".
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