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The province of Messina covers an area of 3,247.34 square kilometres with as far as 108 cities that include places of highest historical and naturalistic interest. Despite numerous disasters, as were a devastating earthquake in 1908 and different ravaging wars, the city of Messina managed to regain its former splendor, today combined with a modern urban planning. The Madonna della Lettera is the saint patron of the province’s capital city. The ruins of the church of Santa Maria d’Alemanna are particularly worth-mentioning. Having miraculously survived ravages of time, wars and natural disasters, they represent rare specimens of the Gothic art.

Originally named Zancle, a Greek colony founded in the 8th century BC, Messina counts today about 270,000 inhabitants. It boasts a renowned cuisine that much owes to centuries of intense commercial and cultural exchanges. Rice and cod-fish are among the city’s best appreciated foods, used as integral ingredients in many dishes. Other specialties are most renowned, such as the sword-fish and mint or lamb and vegetables pasta, that are then flavored with delicious sauces. Some patisserie specialties are also worth-mentioning, most notably the Riso Nero (black rice) and the Crocchette di riso (rice croquettes).

 

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Messina
Acquedolci
Alcara Li Fusi
Alì
Ali' Terme
Antillo
Barcellona Pozzo Di Gotto
Basicò
Brolo
Capizzi
Capo D'orlando
Caprileone
Caronia
Castel Di Lucio
Castell'umberto
Castelmola
Castelvecchio Siculo
Castroreale
Cesarò
Condrò
Falcone
Ficarra
Fiumedinisi
Floresta
Fondachelli-fantina
Forza D'agro'
Francavilla Di Sicilia
Frazzano'
Furci Siculo
Furnari
Gaggi
Galati Mamertino
Gallo D'oro
Giardini Naxos
Gioiosa Marea
Graniti
Gualtieri Sicaminò
Itala
Leni
Letojanni
Librizzi
Limina
Lipari
Longi
Malfa
Malvagna
Mandanici
Mazzara' Sant'andrea
Merì
Milazzo
Militello Rosmarino
Mirto
Mistretta
Moio Alcantara
Monforte San Giorgio
Mongiuffi Melia
Montagna Reale
Montalbano Elicona
Motta Camastra
Motta D'affermo
Naso
Nizza Di Sicilia
Novara Di Sicilia
Olivieri
Pace Del Mela
Pagliara
Patti
Pettineo
Piraino
Raccuja
Reitano
Roccafiorita
Roccalumera
Roccavaldina
Roccella Val Demone
Rodì Milici
Rometta
San Filippo Del Mela
San Fratello
San Marco D'alunzio
San Pier Niceto
San Piero Patti
San Salvatore Di Fitalia
Sant'agata Di Militello
Sant'alessio Siculo
Sant'angelo Di Brolo
Santa Domenica Vittoria
Santa Lucia Del Melo
Santa Maria Salina
Santa Teresa Di Riva
San Teodoro
Santo Stefano Di Camastra
Saponara
Savoca
Scaletta Zanclea
Sinagra
Spatafora
Taormina
Terme Vigliatore
Torregrotta
Tortorici
Tripi
Tusa
Ucria
Valdina
Venetico
Villafranca Tirrena

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