{"id":6998,"date":"2016-02-08T15:50:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T14:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovesicily.it\/en\/?page_id=6998"},"modified":"2017-12-07T10:45:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T09:45:22","slug":"catania-in-5-minutes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.welovesicily.it\/en\/catania-in-5-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Catania in 5 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welovesicily.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/870x410_catania-5-min_Citymap_eng.jpg\" alt=\"870x410_catania 5 min_Citymap_eng\" width=\"870\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.welovesicily.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/870x410_catania-5-min_Citymap_eng.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.welovesicily.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/870x410_catania-5-min_Citymap_eng-600x283.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.welovesicily.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/870x410_catania-5-min_Citymap_eng-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.welovesicily.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/870x410_catania-5-min_Citymap_eng-85x40.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.welovesicily.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/870x410_catania-5-min_Citymap_eng-240x113.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.welovesicily.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/870x410_catania-5-min_Citymap_eng-570x270.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/>\n<p>Here you can find what you have to know about Catania, summarised in 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">729 b.C.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It was founded by the Greeks with the <strong>name of Katan\u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">122 b.C.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>first historically documented Etna eruption<\/strong> that severaly damaged the city.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">263 b.C.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>During the first Punic War, <strong>the Romans conquered the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">440 a.C.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Came the Vandals!<\/strong> The barbarians determinated the end of Roman empire.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">555 a.C.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It came the Byzantine rule. <strong>The city became more refined<\/strong> and increases its economic prestige.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">875 a.C.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The City was <strong>conquered by the Arabs<\/strong>, who come from Tunisia.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">1072<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Normans conquered the city and the <strong>Arab domination is ended<\/strong>: Catania experienced a period of cultural and economic wealth.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">1169<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A damage <strong>earthquake razed the city<\/strong>: more than 15.000 citizens died.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">1283<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The motions known as <strong>Sicilian Vespers ended the domination by French dynasty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">1421<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Catania is declared free.<\/strong> With the statutes of the city, Sicily became part of Habsburgs&#8217; territory;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">1693<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A tremendous<strong> earthquake razed the entire city<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">1700<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Century of <strong>the big recostruction<\/strong>: the new urban plan makes Catania a Baroque city.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">1860<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Giuseppe Garibaldi landed in Sicily<\/strong> and the island was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">1904<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Starting the <strong>tramway service<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">1924<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It was inaugurated <strong>Catania Airport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">2006<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Is published <strong>the first edition of the CityMap<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f9b143;\">2013<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Catania astronaut <strong>Luca Palermitano flew throught the space<\/strong> on board the International Space Station;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here you can find what you have to know about Catania, summarised in 5 minutes. 729 b.C. 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