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The Norman Castle of Aci Castello is located in the town of the same name in the province of Catania. The Castle is located overlooking the sea and represents the center of the development of the city of Aci since the Middle Ages. The Castle dates back to the 7th century AD and was built by the Byzantines on pre-existing Roman ruins. Over the centuries it has undergone many changes with the Arab, Swabian and Norman, Angevin and the last Sicilian barons. Today the Castle maintains its original structure and houses the civic museum inside. The museum was founded in 1985 to enhance and preserve the finds exhibited inside. It includes a mineralogical, paleontological, archaeological collection and a small nucleus of "vulcanites". Volcanites are oxidized spherical lava blocks that are present in underwater environments. The origins of the volcanites are very ancient and date back to 500,000 and 600,000 years ago, when the area was submerged by the sea and the numerous volcanic fractures on the bottom caused the transformation of the lava into stone. Inside the castle there is a botanical garden that houses plants of considerable value: light pink bougainvillea, begonias and geraniums.

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