The island of Sicily is one of the most popular ... a key access point for imports and exports. Southern Italy has long been drenched in corruption, and "ties between organized crime and local ...

On December 28, 1908, at approximately 5:20am, Europe's most powerful earthquake shook southern Italy. Centered in the Messina Strait, which separates Sicily from Calabria, the quake's magnitude ...

Additionally, you can reach Sicily by water from mainland Italy and France ... It takes about three hours between the main stations in Palermo and Messina and about a 1 1/2 to two hours to ...

Talks of building a bridge across the Strait of Messina date back to Roman times. Yet, the bridge over the Strait has never ...