![Milazzo (Sicilian: Milazzu, Latin: Mylae[1]) is a town (comune) and is the third-largest city in the province of Messina...](https://img4.travelagents10.com/919/647/408794469196476.jpg)
10/01/2013
Milazzo (Sicilian: Milazzu, Latin: Mylae[1]) is a town (comune) and is the third-largest city in the province of Messina, and is one of the most important cities of Sicily. The city proper has a population of over 32,000 inhabitants, and is the point of reference of a vaste territory, from Villafranca Tirrena to Patti (over 200 thousand inhabitants). Is also, an important centre of the Metropolitan Area Stretto di Messina (who also includes areas of Reggio Calabria), with the near city Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto. Located at the base of a peninsula that juts into the Tyrrhenian Sea with a small promontory, is distant 43 km (26.72 mile), from the capital city.
