A sightseeing tour of the city that has grown in symbiosis with its volcano, between monuments and legends Born in the shadow of Etna, the largest active volcano on the Eurasian Plate, Catania is a city where natural beauty blends with artistic and cultural beauty in a unique way in the world. Founded by the Greeks in 729 BC, the city seems to have developed in a symbiotic relationship with its volcano, with lava stone becoming a characterizing element for the construction of many buildings. Even the Catania seafront is characterized by black rocks. And if much of its remote past was destroyed in the earthquake of 1693, its reconstruction in the middle of the Baroque era has given Catania a new artistic wealth, including palaces and churches that constitute an exceptional architectural heritage, so much so that the historic center has been included among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.…