Catania and Phoenix are Sister Cities since 2001

Catania and Phoenix have been sister cities since 2001. At the time a number of protocols were signed a lot of hands were shaken, new horizons were created. Since then a number of delegations have visited, reciprocally, cultural, diplomatic, and economic. Space for growth is enormous; totally unexploited grounds, for both sides and for different reasons; one that come to mind is that fellow Americans are so enamored with anything that smells or sounds Tuscan that is they had a chance of what Sicily had to offer Tuscan would pale. Phoenix is the fifth largest City of the U.S.A. with projections of growth with very few equals in the continent. Catania a very large metropolis strategically located on the Ionian cost, founded by Greeks some 920 B.C. and has its own silicon valley. The two cities have lots of similarities,climate,though the Sicilian in more humid all year long, the landscape generally arid, though Catania being located in the vicinity of the Volcano enjoys a microclimate that allows unique growth of especially delicious with unique properties such as Oranges sanguinelle and Pistachios.
The Sister city with Phoenix was godfathered (or Godmothered) by the electronic giant STMicroelectronics.