Catania is reborn from the ashes of the terrible earthquake which struck the city in 1693. Since then, this city, framed by the sea on one side and the Etna volcano on the other side, has maintained a baroque architectural mark. But beyond the grand palaces, the pompous monuments, the wide streets of the city centre, the frantic shopping on the exclusive via Etnea, Catania hides a passionate soul, which manifests itself in the fish market, just a few steps away from the Duomo Cathedral, or in the processions organised on the occasion of the annual festival celebration for St. Agata.
Etna dominates the landscape and is ever-present in the inhabitants' lives here, even so far as to shape the tastes of the land. This active volcano and the Catania - a bustling marvel of a city on
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