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On the mainland, the bridge was to connect to the new stretch of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway (A3) and to the planned Naples-Reggio Calabria high-speed rail line; on the Sicilian side, to the Messina-Catania (A18) and Messina-Palermo motorways as well as the new Messina railway station (to be built by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana).
On 6 March 2009, however, as part of a massive new public works program, Silvio Berlusconi's government announced that plans to construct the Messina Bridge had been fully revived, pledging €1.3 billion as a contribution to its estimated cost of €6.1 billion [6] Some 3.3 km long and 60 m wide, the bridge would be supported by two 382 m ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Messina, Sicily, Italy This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The belfry's mechanically animated statues, which illustrate events from the civil and religious history of the city every day at noon, are a popular tourist attraction. The Sanctuary of Santa Maria del Carmelo (near the Courthouse), built-in 1931, contains a 17th-century statue of the Virgin Mary.
The President of the Scientific Committee Alberto Prestininzi (left) with Enzo Siviero in Messina in 2023.. On 19 September 2023, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT), having restarted the process for the construction of the Messina Bridge with law n.58 of 26 May 2023 [5] signed by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella, [6] appointed a new scientific committee.
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The siege of Messina (June–September 1282) was a 13th-century military engagement. Fought during the opening months of the War of the Sicilian Vespers, the engagement began when an Angevin army led by Charles of Anjou laid siege to the city of Messina, which had rebelled against Angevin rule.
Messina earthquake seismogram The port of Messina in c. 1900, before the earthquake and tsunami. On Monday, 28 December 1908, at 5:20:27 [13] an earthquake of 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale occurred. [14] Its epicentre was in the Strait of Messina which separates the busy port city of Messina in Sicily and Reggio Calabria on the Italian ...