Ancient Greek Sites in Italy: Catania, Selinunte, Tindari, Himera, Taormina, Enna, Heraclea Minoa, Cefal , Eryx, Atri, Italy, Naxos, Licata

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Catania, Selinunte, Tindari, Himera, Taormina, Enna, Heraclea Minoa, Cefalu, Eryx, Atri, Italy, Naxos, Licata, Motya, San Marco d'Alunzio, Megara Hyblaea, Halaesa, Troia, Apulia, Akrillai, Entella, Aetna, Avella, Hybla Gereatis, Casmene, Agathyrnum, Helorus, Medma, Inycum, Apollonia, Scidrus, Pandosia, Maktorion, Monte Inici, Chersonesos, Leon, Italy, Ameselum, Daedalium. Excerpt: Catania .) (pronounced, Greek: - Katani; Latin: Cat na and Cat na) is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the eponymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants (752,895 in the Metropolitan Area) it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy. Catania is known to have a seismic history and past, having been destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169, another in 1693, and several volcanic eruptions from the neighbouring Mount Etna volcano, the most violent of which was in 1669. Catania has had a long and eventful history, having been founded in the 8th century BC. In the 14th century and the Renaissance, Catania was one of Italy's most important and flourishing cultural, artistic and political centres, including having witnessed the opening in 1434 of the first university in Sicily. Today, Catania is one of the main economic, touristic and educational centres in the island, being an important hub of the technological industry, thus gaining the nickname of the European Silicon Valley. Catania is located on the east coast of the island, at the foot of the active volcano Mount Etna. The position of Catania at the foot of Mount Etna was the source, as Strabo remarks, both of benefits and evils to the city. For on the one hand, the violent outbursts of the volcano from time to time desolated great parts of its territory; on the other, the volca...