Metropolitan City of Catania
The Metropolitan City of Catania is a metropolitan city in Sicily, southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania. It replaced the province of Catania and comprises the city of Catania and other 57 comuni.
An aerial view of the Metropolitan City around Catania. Mount Etna is the peak at a distance.
Metropolitan cities of Italy
The 14 metropolitan cities of Italy are administrative divisions of Italy, operative since 2015, which are a special type of province. The metropolitan city, as defined by law, includes a large core city and the surrounding suburbs and countryside closely related to it by economic activities and essential public services, as well as to cultural relations and to territorial features.
Palazzo Valentini is the seat of the Council of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital