Messina
Messina is a port in the northeast corner of Sicily. Most visitors are passing through, on the 5-km ferry-crossing to mainland Italy. Although it dates to ancient times, Messina is modern and nondescript.- Locality with 233,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 66 metres (217 feet)
- …is also known as “083048”
- Postal code: 98050
Places of Interest
Highlights include Messina Centrale railway station and Cathedral of Messina.
Messina Centrale railway station
Railway station
Messina Centrale railway station is the main railway…
Cathedral of Messina
Church
Forte Gonzaga
Forte Gonzaga, also known as Castel Gonzaga, is a bastioned fort in Messina, Sicily.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Filippo Superiore and Catarratti.
San Filippo Superiore
Village
San Filippo Superiore is a village, which is situated 5 km southwest of Messina.
Messina
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Latitude
38.1933° or 38° 11′ 36″ north
Longitude
15.5497° or 15° 32′ 59″ east
Open location code
8FCQ5GVX+8V
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Messina” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسينة”
- Armenian: “Մեսինա”
- Belarusian: “Горад Месіна”
- Bulgarian: “Месина”
- Chinese: “墨西拿”
- Esperanto: “Mesino”
- French: “Messine”
- Georgian: “მესინა”
- Greek: “Μεσσήνη”
- Hebrew: “מסינה”
- Italian: “Comune di Messina”
- Italian: “Messina”
- Japanese: “メッシーナ”
- Kazakh: “Мессина”
- Korean: “메시나”
- Latin: “Messana”
- Latvian: “Mesīna”
- Lithuanian: “Mesina”
- Lombard: “Mesina”
- Marathi: “मेसिना”
- Mingrelian: “მესინა”
- Ossetian: “Мессинæ”
- Persian: “مسینا”
- Piemontese: “Messin-a”
- Polish: “Mesyna”
- Russian: “Мессина”
- Serbian: “Месина”
- Sicilian: “Missina”
- Spanish: “Mesina”
- Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Messina”
- Ukrainian: “Мессіна”
- Western Panjabi: “میسینا”
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