Messina (It. Provincia di Messina) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina. In Italy, the Province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... The Italian Republic or Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. ... Map of Italy showing Messina in the northeast point of Sicily Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. ...

It has an area of 3,247 sq km, and a total population of 662,450 (2001). There are 108 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link (http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6)).

Besides the capital Messina, other cities and places of interest in the province include Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Milazzo, the Aeolian Islands (Lipari), Tindari, Taormina and Capo d'Orlando. Map of Italy showing Messina in the northeast point of Sicily Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. ... Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto is a town of about 50,000 inhabitants in the north coast of Sicily, Italy, 50 km from Messina towards Palermo. ... Milazzo is a town of 50. ... The Aeolian Islands (Italian Isole Eolie) lie to the north of Sicily and are in the summer a main tourist resort, attracting up to 200,000 visitors. ... Lipari (Roman Lipara, ancient Greek Meligunis) is the biggest of the Aeolian Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily, and also the islands main town. ... Tindari is a small city in the province of Messina in Sicily, between Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto and Cefalù. It has a famous sanctuary and is also famous for the poem Vento a Tindari, written by Salvatore Quasimodo. ... Taormina is a town on the island of Sicily in Italy, and in ancient times was a Greek colony (Tauromenium), dating from c. ...

External link

• Province website (http://www.provincia.messina.it)
• Pictures, history, tourism, gastronomy, books, local products, local surnames, transportation in the province of Messina (http://sicilia.indettaglio.it/eng/provincie/me/provme.html)