Tourist guide of Italy
Messina

museums and galleries  cathedrals and churches
 
buildings and historical squares 
 

You can begin the journey Sicily with the city with the nearest port to the Peninsula, Messina. Several destroyed times for the earthquakes, their current aspect is absolutely modern although it conserves monuments of interest.

 
M
useums and galleries
 
  • Acquario Comunale
    • The aquarium of Messina deserves a visit.

  • Museo Regionale
    • This museum shows the relative material to the island of Sicily.

  • Pinacoteca
    • Pinacoteca of Messina houses so important works as San Gregorio's "Políptico", the "Adoration of Caravaggio's Shepherds" and "Escila" of Montorsoli.

C
athedrals and churches
 
  • Duomo
    • Duomo was built in the XII century by a Norman and reconstructed king following the original layout. Their biggest attractiveness is the astronomical lively clock of 1933, of the steeple.

  • Chiesa della Santissima Annunciazione dei Catalani
    • Norman church of the XII century.

  • Fontana di San Salvatore
    • This church is one of those that are of the Spanish time.

B
uildings and historical squares
 
  • Fontane di Messina
    • Among the monuments that adorn the squares of Messina it is necessary to highlight the Source of Orione and that of Neptune of Montorsoli.