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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 233,000 residents
- Also known as: “083048”
- Postal code: 98050
Places of Interest
Highlights include Messina Centrale railway station and Forte Gonzaga.
Messina Centrale railway station
Railway station
Photo: Patrick1977, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Messina Centrale railway station is the main railway station of the Italian city of Messina in Sicily. As Palermo Centrale, Catania Centrale and Syracuse it is one of the most important stations of its region.
Forte Gonzaga
Photo: Simon Praud, Public domain.
Forte Gonzaga, also known as Castel Gonzaga, is a bastioned fort in Messina, Sicily. It was built in the mid-16th century, and it remained in use by the military until 1973. Today, the fort is in good condition.
Messina Cathedral
Church
Photo: Abxbay, Public domain.
Messina Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Messina, Sicily. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Messina, it became in 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Filippo Superiore and Catarratti.
San Filippo Superiore
Village
Photo: Michele Careno, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Filippo Superiore is a village, which is situated 5 km southwest of Messina.
Messina
- Location: Messina, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
38.1933° or 38° 11′ 36″ northLongitude
15.5497° or 15° 32′ 59″ eastPopulation
233,000Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)Open location code
8FCQ5GVX+8VGeoNames ID
6541859
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Satellite Map
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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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Messina”. Photo: Jeroen P, CC BY 2.0.