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Catania

Catania is the second-largest city of Sicily, southern Italy, and is the capital of the province which bears its name.
With some 306,000 inhabitants (750,000 in the metropolitan area), it has the second highest population density on the island. The city's patron saint is Saint Agatha. Catania is located on the east coast of the island, halfway between Messina and Siracusa and is at the foot of the active volcano Mount Etna.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catania

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  • Catania, Schnorrer (guest) wrote 10 years ago:
    Catania is the 9th largest Italian city.
  • Palazzo delle Scienze - Faculty of Economics, dino (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    Palazzo delle Scienze - Faculty of Economics and Earth Sciences Department This is the main building of the faculty of Economics of the University of Catania. Secondary back building is seat of the earth sciences department.
37°27'36"N   15°1'50"E
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