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HISTORY

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The first settlers that lived in your Country In Italy there were many people of Indo- European origin as Etruscans, Latin, Umbrians In Sicily the first settlers were the Phoenicians. After the 8 th century B.C. the settlers from Greece, settled on the coast of south-italian (giving rise to the Magna Grecia) and on that of Sicily and founded several cities including Messina, Giardini Naxos, Agrigento, Syracuse.

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Our city Messina Messina was founded with the name of Zancle, which means sickle. The Roman conquest began in 264 B.C. and they established,in the Empire that was created, a first form of globalization. After the decline of the Western Roman Empire, Messina was conquered by Byzantines and Arabs. In 1060 B.C. it was colonized by Normans and, thanks to them,it achieved a very big success, becoming, for a very long time, the richest Sicilian city. In the 1674, it tried to rebel to Spain but suffered the repression.

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Cultural contribution All of these people gave their cultural contribution, leaving us testimonials, traditions and that are fundamental for our cultural heritage. Also, Sicily was invaded by Phoenician (around 734 B.C.) and Carthaginians ( in the 6 th century), who founded some cities such as Mozia and Solunto, before the Greeks arrival.

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Zancle

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Mix of many civilizations Over the centuries in Italy lots of wars and violence in general occurred. The current situation of the Sicilian society in particular is the result of the mixture of many civilizations and this makes sicilian people open-minded to other cultures and races.

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Gaetano Martino, who studied medicine and was a university teacher and rector of Messina and Rome University, was also an Italian Minister and he tied inextricably his name to the idea of a united Europe, the Europe of Messina, as it was called in those days. Gaetano Martinos idea was that of a united Europe for good causes, and thats the point that is at the basis of globalism. Gaetano Martino was one of the participants of the Messina Conference,held in the Salon of the Flags of the Town Hall in Messina in 1955, which would lead to the Treaty of Rome in 1957. He was also President of the European Parliament from 1962 to 1964. Gaetano Martino was head of the Italian Parliamentary Delegation to the fifteenth and sixteenth UN General Assembly in New York.

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Video made by Federica Barresi Chiara Costantino