Every spring and autumn, millions of birds cross the Strait of Messina, a narrow channel between Sicily and mainland Italy ...

People hold a placard reading "No to the Bridge" as they protest against the Strait of Messina Bridge project in Messina, ...

During Italy’s ‘Jubilee’, there are other areas of the country that deserve a visit and none more intriguing than Calabria.

But for millennia, generations of travelers have required a boat to cross Messina Strait separating Sicily and the mainland.

The idea of connecting Sicily to the Italian mainland dates back to Roman times. In modern Italy, serious proposals for a bridge emerged in the 1960s, with var ...