Approaching from the south, a visitor arriving in Aci Castello is immediately met by the Mediterranean coastline, situated just 9 kilometres north of Catania. Known in the Sicilian dialect as Casteḍḍu di Jaci, the municipality is home to 18,122 residents.
The local economy functions primarily on agriculture and industrial ties to the nearby metropolitan center. Geographically, the town shares direct borders with municipalities like Acireale and San Gregorio di Catania along the coastal corridor.
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Next up: Saint Maurus, patron of a town born from the myth of Galatea and Polyphemus, Friday 15 January
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 12 km away
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📅 Every year, on 15 January
Aci Castello celebrates Saint Maurus on 15 January; its 17th-century mother church stands out for its oriental Baroque style with a broad dome, in the town that the poets Virgil and Ovid linked to the love myth of the nymph Galatea and the shepherd boy Aci.
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo inside a golden cone-shaped crust: in Catania it is masculine and pointed, and the quarrel with Palermo over the name is serious.
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