(born 1936), TV presenter Franco Battiato (1945–2021), singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker Gianni Bella (born 1947), singer-songwriter Marcella Bella (born 1952), singer Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), composer Ornella Bertorotta (born 1967), politician Alfredo Bonanno (born 1937), anarchist Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954), writer Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno (1826–1884), freedom fighter of the Risorgimento Luigi Capuana (1839–1915), writer Charondas (6th c. BC), jurist Carmen Consoli (born 1974), singer-songwriter Angelo d'Arrigo (1961–2006), aviator Federico De Roberto (1861–1927), writer Tea Falco (born 1986), actress Giuseppe Fava (1925–1984), journalist, writer, playwright Turi Ferro (1921–2001), actor Rosario Fiorello (1960), comedian, singer, radio and TV presenter Libero Grassi (1924–1991), businessman Leo Gullotta (born 1946), actor Andrea Lo Cicero (born 1976), rugby footballer Miriam Leone (born 1985), Miss Italia 2008 Ettore Majorana (1905–?), physicist Nino Martoglio (1870–1921), writer Massimo Maugeri (born 1968), writer and journalist Angelo Musco (1872–1937), actor Tuccio Musumeci (born 1934), actor Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867), composer Luca Parmitano (born 1976), astronaut Ercole Patti (1903–1976), writer and journalist Goliarda Sapienza (1924–1996), writer Giuseppe Sciuti (1834–1911), painter Piermaria Siciliano (born 1974), swimmer Stefania Spampinato (born 1982), actress Stesichorus ( – 555 BC), poet Giovanni Verga (1840–1922), writer International relations Consulates The following countries have a Consulate in Catania: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine. Twin towns – sister cities Catania is twinned with: Grenoble, France, since 1961 Phoenix, United States, since 2001 Ottawa, Canada, since 2002 Oświęcim County, Poland, since 2010 Oxford, England, UK, since 2012 Borgo Maggiore, San Marino, since 2015 Kaliningrad, Russia, since 2017 Alexandria, Egypt, since 2019 Influence on the planning of Adelaide, Australia The site of what was to become the major Australian city of Adelaide was surveyed and laid out by Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia. In 1823, Light had fondly written of Catania: "The two principal streets cross each other at right angles in the square in the direction of north and south and east and west. They are wide and spacious and about a mile [1.6 km] long". This became the basis for his plan of Adelaide. Notes References Sources Ilaria Di Pietra, Catania. Viaggi e viaggiatori nella città del vulcano, Giuseppe Maimone Editore, Catania 2007 Antonino Recupero, Catania. Città del mediterraneo, (Fotografia di Alfio Garozzo. Prefazione di Andrea Camilleri), Giuseppe Maimone Editore, Catania 2007, Further reading External links Coastal towns in Sicily Mediterranean port cities and towns