MESSINA The city that we are going to introduce to you is Messina. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea on the island of Sicily, it is one of the most important cities and crossroads in Italy. Messina was settled by the Calcides, a population from Greece in 730 b.c.: its first name was Zancle. Zancle means sickle, and the city was called like that because its port has a sinckle shape. It had a strategic importance in the trades of the Mediterranean sea for its favorite geographic position. In the III century B.C., Messina become a military port and a equipped commercial seaport thanks to the Romans. Going on in the centuries, in 1061 were built the Royal Palace, the Dom, finished in 1159 and the Archiepiscopal Palace. Unfortunately Messina was hit by a big earthquake two times, first in1783 and then in 1908: there were a lot of victims, but the monuments were only damaged and not destroyed. Today Messina is a big city, with lots of attractions and things to do. There are many infopoints in the city, but the best of them is the one in Palazzo dei Leoni, situated on Corso Cavour, not so far away from the Cathedral. Index: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
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