Catania

ICatania ngumasipala wase-Italiya onabemi abangama 297 647 , ikomkhulu lesixeko esilikomkhulu elinegama elifanayo eSicily kunye nombindi weyona ndawo iphambili yesiqithi. Intliziyo yendibano yedolophu ifikelela kumazantsi-mpuma amathambeka eNtaba i- Etna, liziko leyona ndawo inabantu abaninzi kwidolophu yaseSicily, kunye nendawo enkulu eyaziwa ngokuba yiLinear System yaseMpuma Sicily, egubungela ummandla 2 400 square kilometers . Esi sixeko sikwangumbindi wezoqoqosho kunye neziseko zophuhliso kwiSithili soMzantsi-mpuma weSicily, owasekwa ngomhla wama-26 kweyoMdumba ngo-2014 phambi kowayesakuba nguMongameli weRiphabhliki yase-Itali UGiorgio Napolitano. I-industrial industrial, logistical centre and commercial center of Sicily, likhaya Catania-Fontanarossa "Vincenzo Bellini" isikhululo seenqwelomoya, yesihlanu e-Italy yezithuthi zabahambi kunye neyona nto iphambili eSicily. Yasekwa ngo-729 BC ngamaChalcideans aseNaxos ekufutshane, esi sixeko sinembali yewaka leminyaka ephawulwa ngokulandelelana kweenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo ezishiyekileyo zityebisa ilifa laso lobugcisa, boyilo kunye nenkcubeko . Ngaphantsi kobukhosi base-Aragonese yayilikomkhulu loBukumkani baseSicily, kwaye ukususela ngo-1434 ngokuyalela kukaKumkani u-Alfonso V kuye kwaba likhaya leyunivesithi endala kwisiqithi . Ukutyhubela imbali yayo iye yachatshazelwa izihlandlo eziliqela kugqabhuko -dubulo lwentaba-mlilo (eyona nto yayichukumisa, kumaxesha embali, yayiyeyangowe- 1669 ) naziinyikima (eyona ntlekele yakha yabakho ngowe- 1169 nowe -1693 ). I -baroque yeziko layo lembali yabhengezwa njengeNdawo yeLifa leMveli yi- UNESCO, kunye noomasipala abasixhenxe eVal di Noto ( Caltagirone, Militello eVal di Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa kunye neScicli ), ngo-2002. Ngokuzibophelela kunye nokugcinwa kwe-Architectural Art Nouveau yaseCatania yelifa lemveli kunye nenkcubeko, isixeko safumana ibhaso le- Best LibertyCity ngo-2016 ("isixeko esihle kakhulu se-Art Nouveau " okanye "isixeko sase-Art Nouveau sonyaka") kwi-National Italia Liberty Association.