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Calatabiano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170 km east of Palermo and about 35 km northeast of Catania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5286 and an area of 26.3 km².The municipality of Calatabiano contains the frazione (subdivision) Pasteria.Calatabiano borders the following municipalities: Castiglione di Sicilia, Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, Giardini-Naxos, Linguaglossa, Piedimonte Etneo, Taormina. After a lengthy renovation, Cruyllas Castle of Calatabiano (situated between the Alcantara Valley and Etna and not far from Taormina and Naxos) is ready to welcome its visitors thanks to its splendid panorama Between the walls of the castle is enclosed the entire history of the Mediterranean. A procession of populations and cultures who, battling for strategic control of the area by way of the stronghold, have all contributed to the development and enlargement during the course of the centuries: from the Sicels to the Greeks, from the Byzantines to the Arabs; from the Normans to the Suebi/Suevi, until the settlement of the Cruyllas, in the Aragon period, during which the castle was at its maximum splendor. Calatabiano è un comune italiano di 5.458 abitanti della provincia di Catania,Si trova a 62 metri d'altitudine ea meno di 3 chilometri dal mare Ionio. Il suo territorio, delimitato a nord dal corso del fiume Alcantara, è costituito da una fertile e ottimamente irrigata piana alluvionale e dalle <b>...</b>
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