Europe’s tenth-largest cities: Catania, in Etna’s shadow
Our occasional series finds hopes for rebirth in what was once the Milan of the south
IN THE VAST street market that tumbles out of Piazza Stesicoro you can find amulets and antiques, pirated CDs, trousers, tuna and horsemeat. Immigrant tailors bend over sewing machines fixed to little tables so that people who buy clothes can get them altered on the spot. Half a young sheep dangles from a hook.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “The would-be Milan of the south”
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