Messina is the third biggest city Siziliens (Italy) and at the same time administrative seat of the province Messina.

Data and Geografie

Messina counts 246,695 inhabitants (conditions on 30 September 2005), who live on a surface of 211,7 km The economy is coined/shaped industrially, the inhabitants works in shipyards, food industry, metalworking and in the chemical industry.

The city is because of the road of Messina. About 90 kilometers south Catania lies and about 230 kilometers west the capital of the region Palermo. The that also over 3300m highest volcano of Europe, is appropriate for approx. 70 km southwest from Messina.

Traffic

Messina is traffic-favorably because of the narrowest place of the meeresstrasse designated after the city. The shortest to the Italian mainland needs about 20 minutes to mansion San Giovanni. Also to at the kalabresischen bank lying the large city Reggio Calabria and to approximately the 300km Salerno and to the Lipari Inselnn, lain north, operate ferries. In the future the bridge is to create a direct entrance to the mainland here over the road of Messina.

From Messina courses drive to Palermo, Catania, Agrigent and other cities Siziliens. Additionally to the places in the province of Messina and into the most important cities Siziliens.Der next airport operate numerous penalty lie in the kalabresischen Reggio. The airports of Catania and Palermo offer numerous international connections.

History

Early history

Messina became as Greek colony in 8. Century v. Chr. based. The original name was Zancle (Sichel), because of the form of the natural bay. The stairs there are still called "Scalinata Zanclea". In early 5. Jhdt. designated Anaxilas of Rhegium the city in Messene over, in honours of the Greek city Messene.

Messina became 396 v. Chr. by the Karthager and plundered, then of Dionysius Ivon Syrakus wiederobert. At the end of the first punischen war Messina was a free city, which was alliert with Rome. At times of the Romans Messina received an important lighthouse. Messana, how the Romans called the city, was the base of Sextus Pompejus, during its war against Oktavian. The coin of the Sextus Pompejus shows the Pharos (lighthouse) of Messina and Scylla.

The Middle Ages

1061 are conquered the city by the Normannen. 1450 gave it already a Giudecca Municipality) in accomodation the Paraporto in Messina, about which a missing synagog stone still tells. Here the translation of the synagog stone in English: "He presented himself for judgement - and May (God) have mercy on his soul - Azaria di Minisci, son OF Solomon OF Minisci. Three cafisi OF oil have been allocated for his soul, tons delivered each year ton the synagogue OF Taormina, with this encombrance: Hasdaj wants deliver three cafisi OF oil each year for the above mentioned Azaria as A census, when it is the time OF the census (according tons) the use (or the COUNTING) OF the Messinan. And if this write is refused by the synagogue OF Taormina, the established COUNTs wants revert ton the synagogue OF Messina. This being the month OF into the year 1450."

In the synagog stone there are different names for synagog:

• pray knesset tabarmin (synagog Taorminas), above on the right of fourth line.
• kenisat tabarmin
• kenisat massini (synagog of Messina), down right.

Under pilotfar from, Anjou and under Aragon Messina as well as Palermo became until 1678 capital of the Regno di Sicilia. By edict of Roger II. received the title of the "Caput Regni" to Messina. The "Zecca" to Messina, the coin, coined/shaped coins with the title M.N.S.C "Messana nobile siciliae caput". Quotation from The Jews OF Messina: "… Frederick II ordered the Messina mint (coin of Messina) ton produce A new gold piece, the Augustan, that had the profiles OF the emperor. Incoming goods have 1239 tons given at order from Gaudio, A Jewish of worker RK the royal mint (royal coin) in Messina"… The coin remained until 1678, which rebellion from Messina receive. Messina was also seat of two important consulates:

• Consolato del Mare (consulate of the sea), a consulate, which had to solve the law cases of the trading vessel travel in the world trade.
• Consolato della Seta (consulate of silk), the consulate of the silk dealers.

Modern times

A heavy earthquake destroyed Messina on 5 February 1783. In its work "walk after Syrakus " describes the writer Johann Gottfried Seume "the Palazzata" from Messina, which was heavily damaged by the earthquake of 1783:

Also over another missing building Seume writes:

The Palazzata was rebuilt again 1808 by Giacomo in the klassizistischen style, but in the morning 28. December 1908 both the Palazzata and important mannersistic churches became, how San Gregorio and San Annunziata of Guarino Guarini and those entirely nearly completely by an earthquake and a Tsunami following on it destroys city. More than 75,000 humans found death.

1929 were issued a new artistic competition around the reconstruction of the Palazzata , that the architects Autore, Viola and Leone with their draft won. dell"´Ina" Viola e sketched the "Palazzo (1935). Further the architect Autore (1936) sketched the building "Banco di Sicilia". Between 1938 and 1940, after the draft Viola were realized umd the former "Palazzo Littorio" and the "Palazzo dell'Inail".

In June 1955 in Messina at a conference of the western European ministers of foreign affairs the establishment of the European Economic Community was decided.

Culture

• The Museo regional one di Messina shows paintings and statues from churches, which were destroyed with that earthquakes in the year 1908.

• The museum of the culture and people music of the Peloritaner, since 1996 actively, e.g. dedicate themselves to the care of the verbal cultural inheritance like the people music.

• The military. Museum of the attachment plants of the road of Messina, to 11. May 2003 inaugurated is, is in the former away Cavalli from the time between 1883 and 1902.Das museum offer is enough from cannons to bombs from the IITH world war.

• Teatro Vittorio Emanuele II

• Teatro Munizione, 1908 missing.

• Fiera di Messina, the international Messineser fair.

• People celebrations in Messina

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