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Palazzo Dell'Esposizione
The Palazzo dell'Esposizione was a building in Catania erected to host the 1907 Sicilian Agricultural Exposition. The building had the architectural style reminiscent of the eclecticism-liberty of Catania, as well as being Gothic- Orientalist and Neo-Moorish. The building was located in Piazza d'Armi (today's Piazza Giovanni Verga) and was built according to plans by Sicilian engineer Luciano Franco (1868-1943). Although all of the existing structures built for the Expo were dismantled as of 1st December 1907, the building itself was actually demolished in 1911. In 1936, in the northern side of the esplanade, which by then had been renamed Piazza dell'Esposizione, works for the construction of the imposing Palace of Justice were set in motion, to be completed in 1953, after a hiatus owing mainly to World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catania
Catania (, , , Sicilian and ) is the second-largest municipality on Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, which is among the largest in Italy. It has important road and rail transport infrastructures, and hosts Catania Airport, the main airport of Sicily (fifth-largest in Italy). The city is located on Sicily's east coast, facing the Ionian Sea at the base of the active volcano Mount Etna. It is the capital of the 58-municipality province known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Italy. The population of the city proper is 297,517, while the population of the metropolitan city is 1,068,563. Catania was founded in the 8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks in Magna Graecia. The city has weathered multiple geologic catastrophes: it was almost completely destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
