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    Strait of Messina (Italian: Stretto di Messina; Sicilian: Strittu di Missina) is a narrow strait between the eastern tip of Sicily (Punta del Faro) and the...
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    The Pylons of Messina are two free-standing steel towers, the Sicilian one in Torre Faro and the Calabrian one in Villa San Giovanni. They were used from...
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    hosts the Pylons of Messina. From 1959 to 1961 on Torre faro Circuit took place the Messina Grand Prix (Italian: Gran Premio di Messina) a Formula Junior...
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  • Strait of Messina Bridge (Italian: Ponte sullo stretto di Messina) is a planned 3.6-kilometre suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina, connecting...
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    International Rally of Messina Messina Centrale railway station Messina Grand Prix held between 1959 and 1961 Strait of Messina Bridge Torre Faro 224 metres tall...
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    di Ganzirri is a lake in the Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy. At an elevation of 1 m, its surface area is .338 km2. Together with the lake of Faro...
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    Faro Point (Italian: Punta del Faro) or Peloro Cape (Italian: Capo Peloro; Sicilian: Capu Piloru) is the northeastern promontory of Sicily situated in...
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    Giovanni Scarfi (Fano Superiore, near Messina, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, November, 1852 – Messina, 1926) was an Italian sculptor. In 1862, he completed...
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    promontories of the island of Sicily, namely: Pelorus (Peloro, Tip of Faro, Messina: North-East); Pachynus (Passero, Syracuse: South); and Lilybæum (Lilibeo...
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  • of Catania and Messina, today it is mostly found near in Messina. While not officially recognized for use in the red Denominazione di origine controllata...
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    (the exact Italian title was Luogotenente generale dei reali domini al di là del Faro, meaning Lieutenant-general of the royal domains beyond the Lighthouse)...
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    composed of six volcanoes: the oldest ones are at Pizzo di Corvo, Monte Rivi and close to Capo Faro, although these are barely recognisable from a morphological...
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  • Cateno De Luca (category Mayors of Messina)
    (born 18 March 1972) is an Italian politician who has been the mayor of Messina from 2018 to 2022 and the mayor of Taormina since 2023. He was also the...
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  • Order of the Golden Fleece in 1548. As stratigotus of Messina, he vigorously defended Torre Faro against a pillaging expedition by Hayreddin Barbarossa...
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    Punta del Faro, i.e., the Strait of Messina. The peninsular kingdom was known as Sicily citra Farum or al di qua del Faro ('on this side of Faro'), and the...
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    Torre Faro in Messina. This led to the arrival on the continent of infected products. Among these smugglers were the brothers Peter and Paul Lombardo di Fossa...
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  • 14 December 2010. "La svolta "operaista" di Di Pietro". Corriere della Sera. 14 April 2009. "Di Pietro: "Farò io il grande partito che sostituirà i Democratici""...
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    Peloro Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Peloro) is an active lighthouse located in Punta del Faro on the Strait of Messina, the most north-eastern promontory...
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  • Faro that marked the narrowest width of the Straits of Messina between the island and the mainland. The Italian terms were al di qua del Faro and di la...
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  • Palermo, and Porto Empedocle. Maritime Military Base Messina-Reggio Calabria, in Messina - Ammiraglio di Squadra Pietro Barone 116th Coastal Regiment, in...
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    promontories of the island of Sicily), namely: Pelorus (Peloro, Tip of Faro, Messina: North-East); Pachynus (Passero, Syracuse: South); and Lilybæum (Lilibeo...
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  • 1060 and, the next year, he routed the Saracens at Cape Farò, preventing their retreat to Messina. This expedition ended, however, in failure. Serlo accompanied...
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    towards the continent. With the conquest of Messina, Garibaldi began preparations to cross the Straits of Messina,: 63–64  appointing Agostino Depretis pro-dictator...
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    Giampilieri Superiore (category Frazioni of the Metropolitan City of Messina)
    Giampilieri Superiore is a frazione of the comune of Messina in the Province of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It stands at an elevation of 75 metres...
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    Scilla Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Scilla) is an active lighthouse in Calabria just opposite of Capo Peloro Lighthouse which is on the Sicilian coast;...
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  • Altolia (category Frazioni of the Metropolitan City of Messina)
    Altolia - Briga - Terminal ZIR, atmmessinaspa.it, Messina, 2021 Altolia, trekking alla scoperta di un glorioso passato, tempostretto TV, Messina, 2021...
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  • Salvatore Foti (category ACR Messina players)
    Brizzi, Massimo (12 February 2006). "Samp, un poker sul Messina" [Samp, four goals against Messina]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 24 March...
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    Davide Labate (category People from Messina)
    broadcasting for Rai Sport from 2009. A native of Messina, in the summer he returns to his Torre Faro, a seaside village near the Ganzirri Lake. In 2013...
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    Francesco Maurolico, who came from Messina, identified the remains of a temple of Orion near the present Messina Cathedral. Maurolico also designed an...
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    "Grazie a te" (Thank you), Ambra Lo Faro. In 2011 he was one of the stars of Canale 5 television series "Non smettere di sognare", in the part of Phil. In...
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