Messina
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.The city's main resources are its seaports (commercial and military shipyards),
cruise tourism, commerce, and agriculture (wine production and cultivating lemons, oranges,
mandarin oranges, and olives). The city has been a
Roman Catholic Archdiocese and Archimandrite seat since 1548 and is home to a locally important international fair. The city has the
University of Messina, founded in 1548 by
Ignatius of Loyola.
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