Messina … Shakespeare’s Muse ðŸŽ
Messina is a harbour city and the third largest city in Sicily and the 13th largest city in Italy. It is located on the northeast corner of the island at the Strait of Messina and is an important access point to the region of Calabria on the mainland. The city's main resources are its seaport, cruise ship tourism and agriculture. Messina was founded by Greek colonists in the 7th century BC who called it "Zancle" from the Greek word meaning "scythe" because of the shape of its natural harbour although a legend attributes the name to the Greek King Zanclus, the first king of Messina. In the early 5th century it was renamed Messene in honour of the Greek city Messene. The city was ransacked by the Carthaginians in 397BC and was then reconquered by Dionysius I of Syracuse. In 264BC Roman troops were deployed to Sicily and Messina became under Roman rule. Thereafter it was ruled by the Goths from 476, the Byzantine Empire in 535, by the Arabs in 842 and 1061 by the