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Town and capital of Messina
Province of Sicily, Italy
{i} town and seaport located in northern Sicily; town of South Africa; family name
ancient Zankle City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 236,621), northeastern Sicily, Italy. Founded by Greeks in the 8th century BC, it was destroyed by Carthaginians in 397 BC. The Romans took the rebuilt city in 264 BC, precipitating the First Punic War. After the war it became a free city allied with Rome. It was taken successively by the Goths, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Spaniards, and finally (in 1860) Italians. Heavily bombed during World War II, it was rebuilt. It is now an important Italian port. Sites of interest include the cathedral and the university (founded 1548)
a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina

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Strait of Messina
the narrow section of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of mainland Italy
Antonello da Messina
born 1430, Messina, Sicily died Feb. 19, 1479, Messina Italian painter. Trained in Naples, then a cosmopolitan art centre, he studied the Flemish artists, notably Jan van Eyck. Based on these experiences, when he returned to Venice he introduced oil painting and Flemish pictorial techniques into mid-15th-century Venetian art. His major works were altarpieces and portraits. In Venice he executed the San Cassiano altarpiece, of which three fragments remain. His portrait busts in three-quarter view, combining Flemish detail with Italian grandeur, became fashionable. Antonello's practice of building form with colour rather than line and shade greatly influenced the subsequent development of Venetian painting. See also Venetian school
Strait of Messina
{i} strait that separates Sicily from the tip of Italy
Strait of Messina
ancient Siculum Fretum Channel between southern Italy and northeastern Sicily. It is 2.5 to 12 mi (4 to 19 km) wide. The city of Messina lies on its bank in Sicily, opposite Reggio di Calabria. Ferry service across the strait links Messina with the Italian mainland
strait of messina
the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy
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