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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 911 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PATERNO , a See also:

town of See also:Sicily, in the See also:province of See also:Catania, 11 m. W.N.W. of Catania by See also:rail, at the See also:southern See also:foot of Mt See also:Etna. Pop. (1881), 15,230; (1901), 20,098 (town), 22,857 (See also:commune). The See also:castle, originally erected in 1073, upon the See also:acropolis of the See also:ancient See also:Hybla See also:Minor or Galeatis, has a square See also:tower and a See also:chapel with frescoes belonging to the 14th See also:century. Some See also:mosaic pavements still exist under the houses in the Strada dell' Ospedale, and remains of See also:baths and of an ancient See also:bridge over the Simeto on the road to Centuripa are to be seen in the neighbourhood. The See also:place was unsuccessfully besieged by the Athenian forces in the summer of 415 B.C.

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