Metropolitan City of Messina
The Metropolitan City of Messina is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina. It replaced the province of Messina and comprises the city of Messina and 107 comuni. According to Eurostat in 2014, the FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina had 277,584 inhabitants.
Palazzo del Leoni, the provincial seat
Isola Bella, Taormina
Alcantara canyon
The Rocca Salvatesta (1340 m) from Fondachelli-Fantina
Metropolitan cities of Italy
The 14 metropolitan cities of Italy are administrative divisions of Italy, operative since 2015, which are a special type of province. The metropolitan city, as defined by law, includes a large core city and the surrounding suburbs and countryside closely related to it by economic activities and essential public services, as well as to cultural relations and to territorial features.
Palazzo Valentini is the seat of the Council of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital