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It is the capital of the 58-municipality region known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Italy. The population of the city proper is 311,584, [2] while the population of the Metropolitan City of Catania is 1,107,702. [2] Catania was founded in the 8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks in Magna ...
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 ).
Piazza del Duomo. The Duomo di Catania or Cattedrale di Sant'Agata stands on the east side of the square. Originally constructed in 1078–1093, on the ruins of an ancient Roman Thermae (Achillean Baths), like nearly all of Catania, the devastating 1693 earthquake, leveled most of the structure, and Giovanni Battista Vaccarini designed a Baroque structure and façade in 1711.
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 ...
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Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has seen intense activity in recent days, lighting up the sky near the city of Catania, while Stromboli off the northern Sicilian coast has spilled ...
An enlargeable map of Peru. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Peru: Peru – country located in western South America, on the Pacific Coast, north of Chile. Peruvian territory was home to several ancient cultures.
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