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Beautiful church

Just before arriving at the Fort you will find a small plaque with the name and photo of a young girl. It is Graziella Campagna, an innocent victim of the mafia, taken up there by deception and killed there for having discovered the true identity of a Cosa Nostra man who was hiding in Villafranca Tirrena, in the 80s. Leave her a thought, a prayer, a visit

Wonderful bivouacs overlooking the Strait of Messina. However, I advise you not to pitch tents on the plateau of the Forestry Watch Tower because (said by the forestry workers themselves) there is the danger of unexpected and very powerful lightning. For bivouacking there is, just below the Forest Tower, another smaller plateau, next to the access road to the plateau.

The Sacrario di Cristo Re in Messina is an imposing tomb that was built in 1937 for the remains of those who died in the two world wars. The Baroque architecture was inspired by the Basilica in Superga, designed by Messina architect Filippo Juvarra. The location of the sanctuary offers one of the most beautiful views of the Strait of Messina.

The Cathedral of Messina was opened on September 22, 1197 by Archbishop Berardo, in the presence of Emperor Henry VI. and his wife Constanze, daughter of the Norman King Roger II of Sicily. Over the course of history it was destroyed and rebuilt several times, so that hardly anything remains of the original structure. The original beamed ceiling was destroyed in a fire in 1254. The laid-out body of the recently deceased Hohenstaufen King Conrad IV fell victim to this fire. In the earthquakes of 1783 and 1908, the entire interior was destroyed by the collapsing walls. After the earthquake of 1783, the bell tower was demolished and two neo-Gothic towers were added to the two side apses next to the choir. After the earthquake of 1908, the cathedral was reconstructed in its medieval state from 1919 to 1923. In 1933 a free-standing bell tower was built next to the cathedral. On the night of June 13, 1943, Messina fell victim to a bombardment and the cathedral burned down completely again. However, the free-standing bell tower was spared. The cathedral was opened in August 1947 under Pope Pius XII. consecrated again and received the title of a minor basilica. Until the new consecration, the co-cathedral of Santissimo Salvatore served as a temporary cathedral.

A wonderful panoramic point on the Ionian and Tyrrhenian side, the peak is located at an altitude of 1065 m, the view from here repays all the effort made to get there.

Beautiful building, very characteristic

The church of the Santissima Annunziata was a church in the city of Messina. Built in 1607, it was embellished in 1660 by Guarino Guarini. It was destroyed, in part, by the earthquake of 1783. Restored and open to worship, in 1796, it was destroyed, along with the adjacent Teatini college since the 1908 earthquake.It occupied the current area of the Church of Sant'Antonio Abate on Corso Cavour.