All Places in Messina

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

An abandoned building that once tightened a power line that stretched across Messina Strait.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

The cathedral is not really remarkable except for the campanile with its astronomical clock and some amazing automatons which perform every day at noon

These two remaining restored marble fountains were part of a set of four which graced the corners of an important crossroads in Messina until the earthquake of 1908

This old fortification was converted to an "orphanage" in the 1940s, but now is a derelict and reputedly haunted ruin, resisting attempts to reuse it

When the military fort was destroyed by an earthquake the site was turned into a magnificent war memorial