Catania Lavica Tour tra fuoco e mito – Turismo Ambientale Sicilia

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[:it] Catania Lavica Tour tra fuoco e mito – dalle pendici dell’Etna al mare

L’Etna e Catania costituiscono un binomio inscindibile, la storia del cratere è legata a quella della citta e dei paesi alle sue pendici.

11 Marzo 1669 , inizia una delle più disastrose colate laviche che la città di Catania abbia mai registrato, un evento drammatico che oltre a provocare la distruzione totale di paesi borghi e villaggi interi provoco la parziale distruzione della città nel suo centro storico , e ne mutò radicalmente la storia e lo sviluppo urbanistico ,condizionandone in modo radicale il suo sviluppo .

L’itinerario partendo dai crateri gemelli dei Monti rossi in località Nicolosi generati dall’evento eruttivo , segue e racconta tutte le fasi dell’evento, il percorso che la grande colata fece sino al cuore di Catania . Permettendo di scoprire una Catania nota meno nota o sconosciuta

Località visitate : Nicolosi, Mompilieri, Belpasso ,Catania Città, Catania Centro Storico

Siti visitati ; Crateri monti rossi, chiesa sepolta,bastioni medievali,monastero benedettini,bastioni spagnoli ,Ipogeo lavico di Santa Maria , Castello Ursino ,Mercato del Pesce, Cattedrale Normanna , Porticciolo Ognina , Torre Araba.

Completano il tour alcune degustazioni tipiche nel cuore del centro storico.

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[:en]Etna and Catania are inseparable, the history of the crater is closely related to that of the city and country to its slopes.

This route is as visiting / story of Catania and Etna in a unique, taking value in the eyes of the traveler, the powerful evocation and strong involvement in the history and events that over the centuries have marked the history and tied geolgica Etna and development Catania, but as different faces of the same coin.

The result is an original itinerary that will tell the two faces of the coin Etna / Catania made a varied and composite, alternating between natural sites, monumental sites, known and unknown, places of worship, or linked to chronicles and episodes between history and myth legend, helping the viewer to understand more than the single, the “genius loci” the complex identity of the binomial Catania-Etna.

From ” Castrum ” to Urbe and then City: the story of a Katana ( greek word ) – Catania that over hundreds of centuries , the lava and the lava was nourished , formed , modified , adapted and modeled . A historical- urban that aims to tell the effect of lava flows on the city and its surroundings , to discover some of the reflections that have had on its architecture and its urban development .

242 BC , 669 BC , 1169, 1381 , 1669 here is some of the dates around which are intertwined history of Etna and its lava flows and the history of Catania . Encounters that have left footprints on the City still clearly visible on its conformation and its own urban development … .impronte in some cases decisive .

Testimonials millennial a troubled relationship , lived in a constant and altilenante contrast made of destruction and reconstruction patient . Narratives that tell the story of a city that for centuries has lived in the shadow of this ” giant ” of nature , good and fruitful but terrible at the same time . City and ” Giant” , united in a powerful combination and inseparable .

The proposed route , which crosses the historical and geological interest , should be eaten in the crevices of the lava flows on which Catania was shaped and regenerated over the centuries . Includes visiting caves under the houses , churches and palaces , visit cathedrals and castles and the banks shaped by lava flows over the centuries have alternated sull’urbe even modifying coastal profile .

The accompaniment and the narratives proposed in this itinerary are an original interpretation of the “body ” of Catania and its surroundings , moving between the folds of the city and its history by visiting some of the most representative sites of scenic value , historical and monumental center of the urban area of Catania .

The route will also be the occasion of narrative and commentary of the effects of lava flows on the soul of the city , moving between historical chronicle and circumstances , between faith and myth of its inhabitants .

Locations and sites visited: catania outskirts, Catania historical center, village of aci castle, village acitrezza, mascalucia, nicolosi (some sites are visited exclusively) among several sites provided also include: Ursino Castle, the Benedictine monastery, cathedral, village ognina, aci castle, monastery St. nicolò, craters Monti Rossi pit Gammazita, walls carlo V °, san gaetano cave, cave lost, door Uzeda Arab tower, fortress of touch, directed trazzera santa maria scale, spas Achilliane, amphitheater Roman.

Articulation of the route: The itinerary can be enjoyed in the version of 1 gg “Itinerary Base” or more articulated stages in the version of 2 days “Complete Itinerary”, interested parties may, as needed, take the program in detail.

Complete Visit: This itinerary can be enriched with gg gg 1 or 2 Etna with the following routes:

Etna Park craters and lava “of the fixture Citelli”