About Catania

Catania, in the course of 2700 years of history, ( its foundations goes back to 730 bc), has live times of splendour. In the Roman age Catania was a flourishing city that built an amphitheatre that for its size was second after the Coliseum.

During the Normand, Swabian and Aragonese domination’s were constructed royal residences and for about a century was the capital of a Kingdom. At that historical moment the city was considered an important and strategic stronghold for Frederick II of Swabia who had dreams to bring the center of his empire to the Mediterranean, and who ordered the construction of Castello Ursino.

Alfonso de Aragón chose Catania to found the first University of Studies of Sicily, (among the first of Italy) in 1434, and it was a cultural reference point of the time.

Catania can be considered a symbol of revival, many times destroyed by the forces of nature - its Volcano, earthquakes- and by conquerors. Today the visitor will see a baroque city, redesigned by renowned architects after the earthquake of 1693.

You can visit Catania website

Travelling to Catania

By airplane:
Catania have one of the most important airport of the South-Europe, Fontanarossa Airport. Airport is well connected with Sicily from all the major cities of Italy, with different flight companies, and quite well connected with the rest of Mediterranean and European countries.

 
More information at international airport “Fontanarossa”