The peninsula of Milazzo, near Messina, looks towards Aeolian Islands and has always been an important commercial port. For this reason, the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans sensed that it had a great strategic value. And that is where the castle of Milazzo rises, new leg of the tour to discover the castles of Sicily.
The recovery of the castle of Milazzo began in the 80s and 90s. It is an immense structure: it extends on about 7 hectares and more than 12 thousand square meters are occupied by buildings. Today, the castle stands in all its imposing size in the middle of the old town of Milazzo.
The most beautiful parts of the castle are:
To get to castle of Milazzo from Messina:
The journey by car takes about half an hour.
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Image source: “Castello Milazzo 01” di Effems – Opera propria. Con licenza CC BY-SA 4.0 tramite Wikimedia Commons
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