Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. It has a population of 250.000 inhabitants in the city proper and almost 500,000 in the metropolitan area.

It is located near the North-East corner of Sicily, at the Strait of Messina, just in front to Villa San Giovanni and north to Reggio Calabria.

The main economical resource of the city is the port, both commercial and military, with several shipyards. Agriculture include cultivations of lemons, oranges, mandarin oranges and other fruit, vegetables and wine.

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