The traditional feast of Sant’Agata
The feast is the most important religious event for the inhabitants of Catania who take part to it with a great religious devotion, following the procession of the "Var" (which contains the body of the Saint), through various routes along
The highest European volcano: the Etna.
Mount Etna is an imposing cone of a volcano contiguous to the Jonian sea on the east, to the plain called "Piana di Catania" on the south and the mountains chain of Nebrodion the north and the west. The volcano is 10.925,20 feet in
The literature and music in Catania
Giovanni Verga In the Sant'Anna's street at number 8 is the entrance to the late 18th century palace where Giovanni Verga lived, now used as a museum; collects objects, furniture and a library with 2000 volumes. The famous writer who told, among the