Messina

E83961
city municipality

Messina is a major port city in northeastern Sicily, Italy, located on the Strait of Messina opposite mainland Calabria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
ancientName Messana ⓘ
Zancle ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
dialingCode +39 090 ⓘ
elevation 3 meters ⓘ
foundedBy Greek colonists ⓘ
foundedInCentury 8th century BC ⓘ
governingBody Metropolitan City of Messina ⓘ
surface form: Comune di Messina
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Ionian Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
hasDemonym Messinesi ⓘ
hasFerryConnectionsTo Reggio Calabria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Villa San Giovanni ⓘ
hasHarbor Port of Messina ⓘ
hasLandmark Fountain of Orion ⓘ
Messina Cathedral ⓘ
Regional Museum of Messina ⓘ
Sanctuary of Montalto ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 230000 ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Messina ⓘ
isCapitalOf Metropolitan City of Messina ⓘ
isMajorPort true ⓘ
isPortCityOn Strait of Messina ⓘ
localLanguage Sicilian ⓘ
locatedEastOf Palermo ⓘ
locatedIn Metropolitan City of Messina ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOn Strait of Messina ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Sicily ⓘ
locatedOpposite Calabria ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Reggio Calabria ⓘ
officialLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf Italian Republic ⓘ
postalCode 98100 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity commerce ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
region Sicily ⓘ
sufferedEvent 1908 Messina earthquake ⓘ
World War II bombing ⓘ
surface form: World War II bombings
universityFoundedIn 1548 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sicily → hasCity → Messina ⓘ
Palermo FC → hasRival → Messina ⓘ
Peloritani → locatedNear → Messina ⓘ
Zancle → modernLocation → Messina ⓘ
Strait of Messina → nearCity → Messina ⓘ