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Acireale, in brief.

Lava-stone Baroque, Carnival, marzipan.

A Baroque town on the eastern coast below Mount Etna, built of dark lava stone and pale limestone.

It hosts one of Sicily's most celebrated Carnivals, with elaborate flower and papier-mache floats, and a long tradition of almond-paste confectionery.

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