Since 2002 the historic center of Catania, which has several splendid monuments, is part of UNESCO world heritage site.
The underground river Amenano through it and reach the surface just at the point where it is located the eponymous fountain in Piazza Duomo, in a very impressive facility.
The patron saint, Saint Agatha, is venerated. Occasion of his feast (February 3 to 5) his relics are carried in procession from the Cathedral, where they are normally kept.
Catania University is the oldest island, having been founded in 1434.
Among the famous people of Catania, are worth mention the composer Vincenzo Bellini, the writer Giovanni Verga, who gave the Italian literature unforgettable characters in his novel I Malavoglia.
The city is twinned with Phoenix in the U.S., Grenoble, France and Ottawa, Canada.
Archaeology: Roman Aqueduct, Greek Theatre, Roman Amphitheatre, Odeon, Terme della Rotonda, Spa address, Achelliane Baths, Roman Baths and the Acropolis of Catania, Church and Hypogeum Sant'Euplio, Roman Forum, Hypogeum Square.
Architecture: Cathedral, Seminary of the Clerics, Palace Platamone, Ursino Castle, Port Charles, Port Uzeda Church of St. Agatha in Prison, to the Village Church of St. Agatha, St. Agatha Church of La Vetere, Fontana di Sant'Agata Church of St. Mary of Jesus, Town Hall, Church of Santa Chiara, Santa Maria di Loreto House and Aid, Church of the Holy Trinity Benedictine Monastery, Church of St. Benedict, St. Nicholas Church, Church St. Francis el 'Immaculate Church of San Giuliano di San Biagio Church, Church of the Child, Collegiate, University Palace, Badia di Sant'Agata, Port Ferdinandea (Garibaldi), Teatro Bellini, Palazzo delle Poste, Bellini, Palace Justice Biscari Palace, Church of San Gaetano Caves, Seminar of the Clerics, Confraternity of the Whites, Monument to Cardinal Dusmet, Crociferi Street.
Museums, libraries and archives: museum during the Sicily landings, Cinema Museum, Library Provincial Art Gallery, Exhibition ancient maps - The Collection Gumina, Frank Trincale collection of storytellers, permanent exhibition of vintage radio studio Museum, Museum of Paleontology, University of botanical museums house-museum "Giovanni Verga", Bellini Civic Museum, Museum of Zoology, Museum of the Castello Ursino Museum "Emilio Greek."
Territory nature and landscape: Oasis Simeto, Villa Bellini Villa Pacini, Caves of Ulysses, The Beach, The Cliff.
Festivals and folklore: Feast of St. Agatha, Feast of Our Lady of Mount Caramel, St. Rita Festival, Tour of Etna Association Art Puppet F.lli Napoli.
Cuisine and sweet: The most representative dishes are pasta alla Norma, dressed with a sauce of eggplant, or Ripidadu snow, a mound of rice with squid ink, decorated on top with tomato sauce and ricotta, clearly symbolizing the top Etna, snow-covered and ignited by lava flows. Maccu, "Minne Sant'Agata, Sicilian Cassata, Cannoli, Olivette di Sant'Agata, Almond Granita also eaten for breakfast, accompanied by a croissant. Symbol of local cuisine are the arancini, small rice timbales ovoid, enclosing a core of meat sauce and fried, after being breaded. Fish is the protagonist of the table Catania, especially oily fish, which participates in the homemade pasta sauces.
