Messina Collection (page 2)

Sicily, Italy - Messina - Monumento ai Caduti - in the Piazza " Unione Europea" (Municipio) - Monument to Italian soldiers of WWI, erected in 1936. Date: 1941

Chart of Mediterranean Sea by Petru Russu, made in Messina in 1508. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum. Proc: ITALY. Messina

Portolan chart, 1587. Map of England, Scotland and Ireland with the north France coast. Realized in Messina. Facsimile. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Lopo Homem (16th c. ); REINEL, Jorge (1502 - 1572)
Lopo Homem (16th c.); REINEL, Jorge (1502 - 1572); REINEL, Pedro (ca. 1462 - 1542). Atlas Miller. 1519. Portolan chart, 1587. Map of Western Europe and North Africa. Printed in Messina. Facsimile

Portolan Atlas, 1587. Map which depicts a piece of land from India to the Himalayas, from Sulawesi to Papua New Guinea. Drawn in Messina. Facsimil. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Portolan chart, 1587. Map of South America. Made in Messina. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Antonello da Messina. Crucifixion. 1475. At his feet, the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Oil on wood. BELGIUM. Antwerp. Royal Museum of Fine Arts

Antonello da Messina. Saint Augustin. Renaissance

Portolan Atlas, 1587. Map of Asia, from Armenia, Iran, Afghanistan to the Indus River. Made in Messina. Facsimile. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Antonello da Messina. The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel. 1475-1478. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

Messina Earthquake - Victor Emmanuel III
Messina Earthquake - Visit of the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947), who assisted the First Aid relief effort

Earthquake damage - Messina, Italy
A crumbling Palace on Via Maddalena the result of the devastating earthquake which hit Messina, Sicily, Italy on 28th December 1908. Date: 1908

Cittadella di Messina, Sicily

Messina, Italy - before the earthquake of 1908
Messina, Italy - seen before the devastating earthquake of 29th December 1908. The Giardino a Mare (Sea Garden) Date: circa 1908

Messina, Italy - Corso Victorrio Emanuele II
Messina, Italy - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, the Harbour and the waterfront Date: 1905

Charybdis

Messina, Italy - Woman in Sicilian Costume sitting sidesaddle on a donkey Date: 1908

Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon
A Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon at Palmi (Calabria), Italy - made homeless by the earthquake at Messina, Sicily

Messina, Italy - Canal channel into Lake Faro Date: 1904

Messina, Sicily, Italy - Masotto Monument
Messina, Sicily, Italy - Messina Monumento ai Caduti della Batteria Masotto (Salvatore Buemi) (Monument to the Fallen of the Battery Masotto) Date: circa 1940

Italy - Messina, Sicily. Panoramic view from the Sea. The city was almost entirely destroyed by an earthquake and associated tsunami on the morning of December 28, 1908, killing about 60

Italy - Messina, Sicily - Street scene (Via Garibaldi)

Italy Messina
Distant view of the harbour : on 28 December 1908, 90 percent of the town will be destroyed in an earthquake, one of the most catastrophic ever to hit Europe

Messina Occupied
Following a naval bombardment, the port of Messina is invested by the royalist forces of Ferdinando II, king of the Two Sicilies

Messina Bombarded
Ferdinando II orders the bombardment of Messina, where an insurrection has taken place, earning him the nickname of King Bomba

Messina Evacuated
General Fergola, commanding the remaining Neapolitan forces in Sicily, evacuates the forts of Messina

Messina Earthquake - 4
MESSINA, SICILY A makeshift hospital among the ruins

Messina Earthquake -5
MESSINA, SICILY Hunting for looters amid the rubble

Messina Earthquake - 7
MESSINA, SICILY A ruined home

Messina Earthquake - 3
MESSINA, SICILY Street scene after the quake

Invasion Fleet
Garibaldis invasion fleet on the beach at Messina, Sicily, ready to invade the Italian mainland at Calabria

Embarking for Italy
Following on the invasion by Garibaldis thousand. Missoris expedition embarks from the Faro Point, Messina, to invade the Italian mainland at Calabria

TIDAL WAVE, 1908
After the earthquake which destroyed Messina, Sicily, a tidal wave devastates the coast of South America !

1848 / Destruction / Messina
The destruction of Messina

Map /s America 1582
Part of a map by Juan Martinez atlas, published at Messina, of the Northern countries of South America

Heinrich VI of Germany
HEINRICH VI OF HOHENSTAUFEN King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor 1190 - 1197. Conquered Sicily in 1194, died in Messina, Italy in 1197

Whirlpool of Charybdis
The whirlpool of Charybdis in the Straits of Messina, Italy

Fata Morgana Mirage
An example of a Fata Morgana mirage in the Straits of Messina; this complex mirage gives the appearance of objects floating or of being part underwater, part in air

Messina Earthquake - 1
MESSINA, SICILY In Sicily, Calabria and Provence - and particularly at Messina - a severe earthquake causes much loss of life and destruction of property

Antonelli Da Messina
ANTONELLI DA MESSINA Italian artist

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