Messina is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 218,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the Metropolitan City. It is located near the northeast corner of Sicily, at the Strait of Messina and it is an important access terminal to Calabria region, Villa San Giovanni, Reggio Calabria on the mainland. According to Eurostat the FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina has, in 2014, 277,584 inhabitants.
Messina
13th-century coins minted during the reign of Frederick II.
An image of the 1908 Messina earthquake aftermath. Ruins of the Duomo.
a tract of around 30 kilometres of beaches of Messina
Sicilian is a Romance language that is spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands.
It belongs to the broader Extreme Southern Italian language group.
A sign in Sicilian at Santo Stefano di Camastra, Messina
Minchia: graffiti in Turin, January 2017