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Catania is the most successful city in team sports in the entire south of Italy (including Sicily and Sardinia), leading (as of August 2024) with 77 National Championships titles, ahead of Naples and of Bari. As for individual sports, 56 athletes from Catania have won world titles, 54 have won European titles and 139 have won national titles.
Pages in category "Catania" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Metropolitan City of Catania (Italian: città metropolitana di Catania) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania . It replaced the province of Catania and comprises the city of Catania and other 57 comuni ( sg. : comune ).
The connection between Catania and the liotru is very ancient. An ancient legend tells of an elephant that allegedly hunted ferocious animals during the founding of Kατάvη. [ 16 ] Under Muslim rule , the city was known as Balad-el-fil or Medinat-el-fil, meaning "city of the elephant."
2nd C. CE – Amphitheatre of Catania; 251 CE – Lava stream threatens the town. [1] 535 CE – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily. [1] 4th–5th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Catania active. [3] 902 CE – Catania "sacked by the Saracens" during the Muslim conquest of Sicily. [1] 1090 – Catania Cathedral founded. [4] [1]
The Festival of Saint Agatha (Italian: La festa di sant'Agata; Sicilian: A fest' 'i sant'Àjita) is the most important religious festival of Catania, Sicily, commemorating the life of the city's patron saint, Agatha of Sicily. It is among the largest Catholic religious festivals in the world, in terms of participants and spectators.
East flank of Piazza Mazzini, he palaces of Scammacca and Asmundo frame a view down via Garibaldi to the Catania Cathedral.. Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini is a city square in the historic center of Catania, region of Sicily, Italy; it is remarkable for being ringed by 32 columns, putatively derived from an Ancient Roman basilica, arrayed in four nearly symmetrical arcades.
Its capital was the city of Catania. It had an area of 3,552 square kilometres (1,371 sq mi) and a total population of about 1,116,917 as of 31 December 2014. [2] Historically known also as Val di Catania, [a] it included until 1927 a large part of the province of Enna. It was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Catania starting from 4 August ...