Talk:Catania

message: I note that the article claims that it was buried in lava 7 times.
However, when I looked at the remains of the Roman amphitheater, I didn't think they looked very melted.
Perhaps it should be "volcanic ash" rather than lava?
Not that it matters much to the people caught by it, but it matters to the people digging out the city afterwards... --Alvestrand 15:22, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buried in lava? 

message: According to local tradition, a number of decades ago a whole class went missing whilst visiting the underground amphitheatre (under Piazza Stesicoro).  -- E.Wilson 137.195.176.12 14:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A class went missing - myth or reality? 

message: I believe this article would be improved, and become more informative if a map of Sicily showing where Catania is located was added. Since I am new to the Wikipedia community, I don't know how to do this yet. Could anyone help?--Litguy43 16:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal: Add  Map 

message: I have made several contributions (expecially on the Culture and Transportation sections) and I've noted that several other contributions on the History sections of this article have been carried out in these days. This could be a great chance to improve the article, that is rated Top priority both on the Sicilian and Italian projects. Such a high priority rating is appropriate, the city being the second city of Sicily and one of the most important in the whole of Italy (10th most populated Italian city, see here ). In particular I think that it is needed a section about contemporary history and the Main sights section IMO should be not a mere list. Drunkpiper (talk) 13:54, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanding the Article 

message: The paragraph about how American Naval Air Station Sigonella boosts the economy of the city is blatantly exaggerated (its impact on the economy of a 650'000 pop. area is actually not that big) and should be checked for NPOV. Drunkpiper (talk) 20:22, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sigonella 

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message: The population data this article cites is a 2015 estimate, but the Italian article cites 2016 data found here. Should we update the data? Black-Velvet 22:24, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 

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message: Would it be more appropriate to replace with raw Italian data , despite need to translate the legend ? Here is the link https://web.archive.org/web/20161002083543/http://clima.meteoam.it/web_clima_sysman/Clino6190/CLINO459.txt Matthew_hk tc 18:21, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Climate data

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message: The article mentions exporting corn twice. First in Foundation "The port of Catania appears to have been much frequented in ancient time and was the chief place of export for the corn of the rich neighbouring plains."
And the second time in Roman times "Cicero repeatedly mentions it as, in his time, a wealthy and flourishing city; it retained its ancient municipal institutions, its chief magistrate bearing the title of Proagorus; and appears to have been one of the principal ports of Sicily for the export of corn.[45] "
The corn is imported from Mexico and was started being cultivated in Europe only after Colonial times so at least 16th century.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.86.71.125 (talk) 06:43, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exporting corn in Roman times? 

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message: If corn wasn't introduced to Europe until after 1492, how does cite #45 say the Cicero notes Catania as a major port for exporting corn?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.222.203.123 (talk) 18:20, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exported corn in Roman times? 

message: Big gap in the history of the city from 1860 to WW2, yet that seems to have been a critical period. Can anyone explain what happened economically during this period? It was obviously affluent in the late 19th Century, just from looking at the beautiful buildings but it now looks like not a single building has been painted, repaired or renovated in the last 100 years. Every street is crumbling, filthy, and utterly dilapidated. What went wrong? 2.38.150.95 (talk) 19:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  1860-1939?