Catania
TERRITORIAL SCALE: CONURBATION
The town is on the Southern side of the Etna volcano, along the coast of the homonym Gulf. To the South of the town there is the plain of Catania, that was formed by the floods of the River Simeto and its affluents.
After the earthquake, at the end of 1600, it was rebuilt, according to a General Town Planning based on strict concepts of symmetry, and with a “chessboard” structure.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the industrial area "Pantano D’Arci" was born in the South; big building contractors were created and the commerce developed.Because of the property speculation, a large part of the historical centre was destroyed and with a new General Town Planning dated 1964, the town expanded to the South.
english version
