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About Catania
Catania wears its history in layers: black lava stone baroque facades built over Greek and Roman foundations, and a whole second city of passages and churches hidden beneath the streets. A guided walk is the best way to read those layers, whether you start with the Catania: City Highlights Walking Tour with Local Guide or go below ground on the Underground Catania: Tickets and Guided Tour of Secret Churches and Passages.
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Catania was rebuilt in baroque style after the 1693 earthquake, using lava stone from Mount Etna, so its churches and palazzi look unlike anywhere else in Sicily. Many tours also go underground, where Roman and Greek remains, lava flows and wartime passages survive beneath the modern streets.
