Timeline of Catania

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Catania in the Sicily region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

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18th–19th centuries

20th century

  • 1905 – Catania tram [it] begins operating.
  • 1908 – Calcio Catania football club formed.
  • 1911 – Population: 210,703.[11]
  • 1915 – Catania-Acireale Tram [it] begins operating.
  • 1929 - Calcio Catania (football club) founded.
  • 1930 – Campo dei cent'anni [it] (stadium) opens.
  • 1931 – Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero [it] (library) established.[12]
  • 1937 – Stadio Cibali (stadium) opens.
  • 1943 – July: City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.[13]
  • 1944 – 14 December: Palazzo degli Elefanti (city hall) burns down.[13]
  • 1945 – La Sicilia newspaper begins publication.[14]
  • 1949
    • Società Catanese Trasporti [it] (transit entity) established.
    • Catania trolleybus [it] begins operating.
  • 1954 – Teatro Metropolitan (Catania) [it] opens.[15]
  • 1957 – Demolition of San Berillo [it] neighborhood.
  • 1958 – Teatro Stabile di Catania founded.
  • 1963 – State Archive of Catania active.[8]
  • 1969 – Teatro Verga (theatre) built.
  • 1971
    • City divided into 26 administrative units.(it)
    • Population: 400,048.[citation needed]
  • 1978 – City reorganized into 17 administrative units.(it)
  • 1988 – Enzo Bianco becomes mayor.
  • 1995 – City reorganized into 10 administrative units: Barriera-Canalicchio, Borgo-Sanzio, Centro-San Cristoforo-Angeli Custodi, Monte Po-Nesima, Ognina-Picanello-Stazione, San Giorgio-Librino, San Giovanni Galermo [it], San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa, San Leone-Rapisardi [it], and Trappeto-Cibali.(it)
  • 1997 – PalaCatania arena opens.
  • 1998 – Mercati Generali nightclub in business near city.[16]
  • 1999 – Catania Metro begins operating.
  • 2000 – Umberto Scapagnini becomes mayor.

21st century

  • 2007 – Catania–Fontanarossa Airport new terminal opens.
  • 2012 – 28 October: Sicilian regional election, 2012 held.
  • 2013
    • City reorganized into six administrative units: Borgo Sanzio, Centro San Giovanni Galermo-Trappeto-Cibali, Centro Storico, Monte Po-Nesima-San Leone-Rapisardi, Picanello-Ognina-Barriera-Canalicchio, and San Giorgio-Librino-San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa-Villaggio Sant'Agata.[17](it)
    • Population: 290,678 city; 1,077,113 province.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Robert Garland (2014). "Chronology". Wandering Greeks: the Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great. Princeton University Press. pp. 279–286. ISBN 978-1-4008-5025-9.
  3. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e Abulafia 2004.
  5. ^ Biblioteche 1865.
  6. ^ a b Haydn 1910.
  7. ^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Storia". Archivio di Stato di Catania (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590360.
  11. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
  12. ^ "Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero: Storia" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Storia di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  15. ^ "Movie Theaters in Catania, Italy". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  16. ^ "The best club in the world?", The Guardian, UK, 25 June 2008
  17. ^ "Le sei Circoscrizioni del Comune di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

  • William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Catana". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
  • "Catania". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52jk.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Catania", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908 + 1867 ed.
  • Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Catania" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). pp. 502–503.
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Catania", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
  • David Abulafia (2004). "Catania". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 192–193. ISBN 0415939291.
  • Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Catania". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in Italian

  • Descrizione di Catania e delle cose notevoli nei dintorni de essa (in Italian). Catania: Pietro Giuntini. 1841.
  • "Elenco delle biblioteche del regno: Catania". Statistica del Regno d'Italia: biblioteche (in Italian). Florence. 1865. hdl:2027/uc1.c2742343.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (List of libraries)
  • Catania e sue vicinanze: manuale pel viaggiatore [Catania and vicinity: handbook for travelers] (in Italian). Catania: C. Galatola. 1867.
  • "Catania", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), vol. 5 (6th ed.), 1878, hdl:2027/uc1.c2649803
  • "Catania". Guida generale di Sicilia e Malta: storica, artistica, commerciale (in Italian) (3rd ed.). Catania: Niccolò Giannotta [it]. 1889.
  • Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Catania". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.
  • Malfitana, Daniele; Mazzaglia, Antonino (2023). Catania - la città antica e quella del futuro: archeologia, topografia, urbanistica per la riqualificazione dello spazio urbano. Roma Bristol: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider. ISBN 9788891328717.
  • "Catania". Sicilia. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1919. p. 291+. hdl:2027/uc1.$b535988.
  • Giuseppe Giarrizzo (1986). Catania (in Italian). Rome: Laterza [it].
  • Paolo Militello (2008). Ritratti di città in Sicilia e a Malta: XVI-XVII secolo (in Italian). Palermo: Officina di Studi Medievali [it]. ISBN 978-88-88615-78-3.
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