Milazzo

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Milazzo
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Milazzo (Italy)
Milazzo
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Messina  (ME)
Local name Milazzu
Coordinates 38 ° 13 ′  N , 15 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  E
height 1  m slm
surface 24 km²
Residents 30,860 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,286 inhabitants / km²
Factions Santamarina, Bastione, Grazia, S.Pietro, S.Marco, S.Giovanni, Fiumarella
Post Code 98057
prefix 090
ISTAT number 083049
Popular name Milazzesi
Patron saint Santo Stefano
Website Milazzo
View of Milazzo
View of Milazzo

Milazzo ( Greek  Μύλαι Mýlai , Latinized Mylae ) is an Italian commune in the metropolitan city of Messina in the autonomous region of Sicily with 30,860 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy ).

Location and dates

Milazzo is 45 kilometers west of Messina on the north coast of Sicily. The city covers an area of ​​24 km². There are jobs in agriculture (growing vegetables and viticulture), fishing, tourism and industry (food, petrochemicals and metal).

The neighborhoods are: Santamarina, Bastione, Grazia.

The neighboring municipalities are Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto , Merì and San Filippo del Mela .

traffic

The port of Milazzo is the ferry port for the Aeolian Islands . Milazzo is on the Fiumetorto – Messina railway line . The journey time to Messina is 30 minutes, to Palermo 2 hours 45 minutes. Milazzo is on the A20 / E90 motorway from Messina to Palermo.

history

The place was founded in 716 BC. Founded by settlers from Zankle (today Messina ). In 260 BC The Romans under Gaius Duilius achieved the first naval victory over Carthage in the naval battle of Mylae .

Previously here, albeit on land, Hieron II of Syracuse had defeated the Mamertines , a group of Campanian mercenaries who had been recruited by his predecessor Agathocles and who now occupied the fortress of Messana , from where they feared the Syracusans and terrified.

A second sea battle took place here and at neighboring Naulochos in 36 BC. In which Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa defeated Sextus Pompeius as part of the civil war .

On July 20, 1860, a battle took place here between Giuseppe Garibaldi on his “ train of a thousand ” and the Bourbon troops; Garibaldi's victory cleared the way for the union of southern Italy with the north.

Buildings

Lower town

The lower town emerged from the year 1860. Here you can see:

  • the town hall with a library
  • the church of San Francesco di Paola with an outside staircase
  • the new cathedral

Upper Town

The upper town is north of the lower town. Here you can see:

  • the fort of Friedrich II.
  • the old cathedral from the 16th century
  • the church of San Papino from 1629

Surroundings

  • Panorama 1928

  • Chiesa dell'Immacolata

  • Chiesa S. Maria Maggiore

  • View of Friedrich II Castle

  • Capo di Milazzo - lighthouse

  • Rock Chapel of Anthony of Padua

Web links

Commons : Milazzo  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Milazzo  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. (No longer available online.) Borghipiubelliditalia.it, archived from the original on June 29, 2017 ; Retrieved June 4, 2017 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / borghipiubelliditalia.it