Scylla, one of the monsters that almost ended Odysseus’ fated voyage, inhabits its coastline, Shakespeare chose it as the setting for Much Ado About Nothing, St. Ignatius Loyola founded the world’s first Jesuit college here, and Cervantes spent some time in the town’s hospital recovering after the Battle of Lepanto, possibly dreaming up the exploits of Don Quixote…
Messina, the gateway to Sicily!