Messina (ita)

Messina

Messina ranks 909th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind 14th arrondissement of Paris, South Shields, and Constantine, Algeria. Memorable people born in Messina include Tommaso Campanella, Antonello da Messina, and Euhemerus. Memorable people who died in Messina include Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Tyrannius Rufinus, and Frederick the Simple. Messina has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and historians. Messina is located in Italy.

Messina is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 218,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the Metropolitan City. It is located near the northeast corner of Sicily, at the Strait of Messina and it is an important access terminal to Calabria region, Villa San Giovanni, Reggio Calabria on the mainland. According to Eurostat the FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina has, in 2014, 277,584 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia