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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Messina, Sicily, Italy This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Messina's public bus system is operated by ATM Messina: [24] starting from 8 October 2018, has reorganized the offer of public transport, introducing a bus line (line 1 - Shuttle 100) which with a frequency of approx. 15 minutes, it crosses 38 of the total 50 km of the coast of the City of Messina.
The Senate of Messina was an ancient city institution, emblem of the privileges enjoyed by the city of the strait from the 15th to the 17th century. The civic assembly, to which the members of the city nobility belonged, but also of the neighboring fiefdoms, finished exercising its functions in 1678, when it was suppressed by the Spaniards.
The city of Messina and its fortifications changed hands a number of times in the first half of the 18th century during the War of the Quadruple Alliance and the War of the Polish Succession. During the Sicilian revolution of 1848 , rebels managed to capture most of the fortifications, with the exception of the Real Cittadella and Forte del ...
Messina earthquake seismogram The port of Messina in c. 1900, before the earthquake and tsunami. On Monday, 28 December 1908, at 5:20:27 [12] an earthquake of 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale occurred. [13] Its epicentre was in the Strait of Messina which separates the busy port city of Messina in Sicily and Reggio Calabria on the Italian ...
The Strait of Messina is a focal point in the migrations of birds every year, who mainly cross the strait to reach their breeding grounds in northern Europe. Due to this form of bottleneck more than 300 species are recorded in the area, which is a major European hot spot for raptors , with a record of 35,000 in one spring.
The siege of Messina (June–September 1282) was a 13th-century military engagement. Fought during the opening months of the War of the Sicilian Vespers, the engagement began when an Angevin army led by Charles of Anjou laid siege to the city of Messina, which had rebelled against Angevin rule.
The Real Cittadella was a fort in Messina, Sicily. The Cittadella was built between 1680 and 1686 by the Spanish Empire, and it was considered to be one of the most important fortifications in the Mediterranean. [1] Most of the fort was demolished in the 20th century, but some parts can still be seen.