The sickle harbour
A curved spit of land closes the harbour like a hook. At its tip stands the column bearing the Madonna della Lettera, greeting every ship that enters the port.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Italy
Messina — Messina Map Poster & Print
38.1939° N / 15.5526° E
A rebuilt grid on the Sicilian side of the strait, curled around a natural sickle-shaped harbour beneath the Peloritani hills.
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Una urbs, quinque animi
Messina omnibus stilis
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Messina Map Poster & Print
Messina sits on the northeastern corner of Sicily, facing the Italian mainland across the narrow Strait of Messina. Its most distinctive feature is the harbour, enclosed by a curved spit of land whose sickle shape gave the ancient city its Greek name, Zancle. Behind the waterfront, the city spreads along a thin coastal plain, with the Peloritani mountains rising steeply behind it.
Much of what appears on the map today is a reconstruction. The earthquake and tsunami of 1908 destroyed most of the city and killed a large part of its population. Messina was rebuilt on a regular grid of wide streets with low buildings, designed to withstand future tremors. Ferries still cross constantly to Villa San Giovanni in Calabria, a few kilometres away.
A Messina map poster brings these elements together in a single frame: the hooked peninsula of the harbour, the orderly blocks of the rebuilt centre, the long coastal road running north toward Capo Peloro and the lagoons of Ganzirri and Faro, and the gullies descending from the hills. It is a city defined by the water in front of it.
- Incolae
- 219,948
- Coordinatae
- 38.1939° N / 15.5526° E
- Altitudo
- 3 m
- Zona horaria
- Rome
- Regio
- Messina, Italy
Post-1908 grid
After the earthquake, the centre was rebuilt on straight, evenly spaced streets, so the map shows an unusually regular pattern for an ancient Mediterranean city.
Capo Peloro lakes
At Sicily's northeastern tip, two small coastal lagoons, the Lago di Ganzirri and Lago di Faro, appear as neat oval shapes beside the point closest to Calabria.
Tuam fac
Messina: partem tuam in forma pone
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Cur Messina
Tabula quae aliquid significat
Messina is where many people first set foot in Sicily, and the strait is a crossing few forget. Its hooked harbour and rebuilt grid make a map that is recognisable even at a glance.
Add a title, a subtitle marking a crossing or a family origin, and a coordinates line of your choice. Pick one of five styles, including Paper and Blueprint, and receive high-resolution files or a printed poster on matte paper.
Eme tabulam MessinaQuid in fasciculis HD insit300 DPISine signo aquaticoPNG + PDF
| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7″) | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3, 11.7 × 16.5″) | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2, 16.5 × 23.4″) | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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Messina Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Messina emere possum?
Elige formam in summa pagina, deinde selige Tabulam Typis Impressam — magnitudinem et, si vis, compagem — vel Fasciculos Digitales HD. Emptio uno gradu conficitur, et pagina emptionis tuae statim renovatur ubi primum solutio confecta est.
Qualis est tabula Messina typis impressa?
In charta opaca praestanti 200 gsm typis imprimitur, una ex sex magnitudinibus, a 30 × 40 cm usque ad 24 × 36″. Tabulae typis impressae incipiunt a $39, missione inclusa.
Possumne tabulam Messina compagine inclusam emere?
Ita. Elige compagem ex solido ligno, colore nigro, albo, quercu naturali vel ligno obscuro. Vitro infrangibili instructa venit et ad suspendendum parata est. Tabulae compagine inclusae incipiunt a $99, missione inclusa.
Quantum temporis missio sumit, et quanti constat?
Missio ubique terrarum gratuita est. Quodque propositum a socio typographico nostro proximo, in plus quam 30 terris, imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Condicionem et vestigium in sectione «Mea mandata» sequi potes. In paucis terris 2–5 hebdomades requiruntur, et ubi nondum mittimus, situs te ante solutionem monet.
Quid si tabula mea laesa pervenit?
Mitte nobis imaginem intra 14 dies post missionem acceptam, et eam gratis iterum imprimemus vel pecuniam tibi reddemus.
Possumne nomina nostra vel diem tabulae Messina addere?
Ita. In instrumento huius paginae, titulum, subtitulum et lineam coordinatarum ad libitum muta, et formam ac magnitudinem elige. Emptiones typis impressae, compagine inclusae et digitales omnes exacte figuram tuam adhibent.
Quid cum fasciculis digitalibus HD accipio?
Pro $9 accipis fasciculos PNG 300 DPI et PDF ad imprimendum paratos in omnibus sex magnitudinibus, sine nota aquatica, ut ubique imprimere possis. Nondum certus es? Prius specimen gratuitum cum nota aquatica demitte.