The Strait of Messina (Italian: Stretto di Messina; Sicilian: Strittu di Missina) is a narrow strait between the eastern tip of Sicily (Punta del Faro)...
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The 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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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...
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of the Strait of Messina was fought in 276 BC when a Carthaginian fleet attacked the Sicilian fleet of Pyrrhus of Epirus, who was crossing the strait...
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carry a 220 kilovolt (150 kilovolt until 1971) power line across the Strait of Messina, between the Scilla substation in Calabria on the Italian mainland...
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with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The epicentre was in the Strait of Messina which separates Sicily from...
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by population are: Metropolitan City of Messina Strait of Messina metropolitan area Strait of Messina History of Sicily Aeolian Islands Province website...
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Charybdis (category Children of Gaia)
such as Odysseus, Jason, and Aeneas. Scholarship locates her in the Strait of Messina. The idiom "between Scylla and Charybdis" has come to mean being forced...
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exclusive economic zone of similar convenience with respect to navigational and hydrographical characteristics (Strait of Messina, Pentland Firth). There...
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Associazioni Calcio Riunite Messina S.r.l. is a football club based in Messina, Sicily, Italy, that competes in the Serie C, the third tier of the Italian football...
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"Morgan the Fairy" (Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend). These mirages are often seen in the Italian Strait of Messina, and were described as fairy castles...
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Scilla, Calabria (category Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria)
of Reggio, lies at the northern end of the strait of Messina, and is composed of two parts: the downtown, where the town offices and the residence of...
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Sicily (redirect from Island of Sicily)
separated from Calabria by the Strait of Messina. It is one of the five Italian autonomous regions and is generally considered part of Southern Italy. The earliest...
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Scylla (category Children of Apollo)
monster. Book Three of Virgil's Aeneid associates the strait where Scylla dwells with the Strait of Messina between Calabria, a region of Southern Italy,...
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hydrology of the Strait of Messina accommodates a variety of populations of marine organisms. The intense currents and characteristic chemistry of the waters...
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of Enna. Part of its territory includes the Metropolitan area of the Strait of Messina, shared with Reggio Calabria. Isola Bella, Taormina Alcantara canyon...
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Antonino Spirlì (category Presidents of Calabria)
announced that he was ready to build the Strait of Messina Bridge, starting immediately with the works and on the basis of the executive project and construction...
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Calabria (redirect from History of Calabria)
bordered by Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian...
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Louis Messina is an American concert promoter who is best known for promoting Taylor Swift and George Strait. Louis Messina's father was “Leapin’ Lou”...
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Metropolitan Area of Strait of Messina (Area Metropolitana dello Stretto di Messina, in Italian), is the urban agglomeration around the Strait of Messina, and is...
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Torre Faro (category Frazioni of the Metropolitan City of Messina)
by night Strait of Messina view from Capo Peloro The Lighthouse. Aerial view Faro Point Pylons of Messina Strait of Messina Strait of Messina Bridge Ganzirri...
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The University of Messina (Italian: Università degli Studi di Messina; Latin: Studiorum Universitas Messanae), known colloquially as UniME, is a state...
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Pyrrhic War (category Wars involving city-states of Magna Graecia)
city of Messana (Messina) made an alliance with the Carthaginians and joined them in trying to prevent Pyrrhus from crossing the Strait of Messina. Therefore...
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Reggio Calabria (category Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria)
on the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina. It is situated on the slopes of the Aspromonte...
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the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina. The capital was the city of Reggio. It was effectively replaced by the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria...
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in places such as the Strait of Messina, where they are still fished with traditional wooden boats called feluccas and are part of the cuisine in that area...
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Civitavecchia–Tunis (2 per week), Genoa–Tunis, and Marseille–Tunis. Strait of Messina Bridge Strait of Gibraltar crossing Mediterranean Sea Channel Tunnel Intercontinental...
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Straits of Messina, generating powerful currents and strong turbulence, aggravated by the abrupt changes of sea bottom topography in the vicinity of the town...
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coast of Lucania; Scylla and Charybdis were at the Strait of Messina; the Island of the Sun was Sicily; the homeland of Calypso was at the Straits of Gibraltar...
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Italy, during winter. The Strait of Messina as seen from the mainland. La Canna rock off the coast of Filicudi. Southern coast of Sardinia. The Po river...
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