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Messina, Italy

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May 3rd 2015
MESSINA Saturday 2nd May 2015 Another glorious day as we sailed into the city of Messina which is the third largest of Sicily. Most of our cruisers were departing for tours towards Taormina and Mount Etna, so a leisurely breakfast was order of the day. We were just going to walk the city. Messina was flattened by an earthquake in 1908 and whilst it has little industry the harbour is alway ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more