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Description
It was built in 1866, and it had only one rail line towards Taormina, while in 1889 a new rail line was opened to San Filippo del Mela. Messina, for its geographical position, was a strategic location to reach the rest of Sicily and to leave for the continent.
Its reconstruction after the earthquake of 1908 started in 1939 under the impulse of the then head of the Government, Benito Mussolini, who, during his visit, gave the first stroke of a pick to take down the old ruins. The building was designed by the architect Mazzoni, and it is in Rationalist style with big rooms and a simple, linear and imposing structure.
Next to the building is the Maritime Station, a cross road of ferries, which embark the trains that come from and leave for the continent. In the interior, there is a mosaic made by M. Cascella, inspired by the speech of Mussolini in Palermo, where he declared “Sicily as the centre of the empire.” It represents the history of Sicily, from the entrance of the Normans during the Sicilian Vespers, to the Valle dei Templi of Agrigento and Archimedes.
Its reconstruction after the earthquake of 1908 started in 1939 under the impulse of the then head of the Government, Benito Mussolini, who, during his visit, gave the first stroke of a pick to take down the old ruins. The building was designed by the architect Mazzoni, and it is in Rationalist style with big rooms and a simple, linear and imposing structure.
Next to the building is the Maritime Station, a cross road of ferries, which embark the trains that come from and leave for the continent. In the interior, there is a mosaic made by M. Cascella, inspired by the speech of Mussolini in Palermo, where he declared “Sicily as the centre of the empire.” It represents the history of Sicily, from the entrance of the Normans during the Sicilian Vespers, to the Valle dei Templi of Agrigento and Archimedes.