Messina
Strait near Etna
Messina is a port city in northeastern Sicily, Italy, situated on the Strait of Messina that separates the island from the Italian mainland.
The city has been a strategic Mediterranean crossroads for millennia, though repeatedly devastated by earthquakes, most catastrophically in 1908.
Shakespeare set much of *Much Ado About Nothing* in Messina, giving the name literary associations beyond its geography.
Sicilian regional capital
- CataniaSicilian seaport below Etna
- SyracuseCity in two eras
- EtnaSicilian active volcano
- MarsalaSicilian fortified wine city
Aeolian · Sicilian · Baroque · granita · cassata · caponata · Corleone
Six-headed mythical beast
- CharybdisMythological sea vortex
- CalabriaSouthern Italian region
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
channel · narrow · passage · waterway · Ionian · currents · whirlpool · Homer
Safe anchorage for ships
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- wharfShip docking structure
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
cargo · vessels · mooring · berth · pier · maritime · logistics · containers
Early twentieth-century year
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
casualties · devastation · magnitude · tremor · seismic · aftershock · epicenter · fault
Palermo
Sicilian regional capital
Marsala · Aeolian · Sicilian · Baroque · granita · cassata · caponata · Corleone
Scylla
Six-headed mythical beast
crossing · channel · narrow · passage · waterway · Ionian · currents · whirlpool · Homer · Odyssey
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
shipping · cargo · vessels · mooring · berth · pier · maritime · logistics · containers · freight
1908
Early twentieth-century year
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- rubbleBroken building fragments
reconstruction · casualties · devastation · magnitude · tremor · seismic · aftershock · epicenter · fault · survivors
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
- piazzaPublic urban square
- Norman1066 England conqueror
- universityHigher education institution
swordfish · municipality · commune · province · lakeside · panorama · promenade
- Sicilian HistoryPalermo, Catania, Syracuse, Archimedes, Norman conquest
- Sicilian ProvincesPalermo, Catania, Syracuse
- European PortsAmsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Bergen, Bordeaux
- Italian CitiesRome, Milan, Florence, Naples, Venice
- Mediterranean Coastbeach, cliff, harbor, port, cove
- ancient citiesAthens, Rome, Jerusalem, Sparta, Damascus