Strait of Messina. Webcams Reggio Calabria

The Reggio di Calabria webcam broadcasts a view of the port of Reggio di Calabria.

The lens also includes the Strait of Messina and Mount Etna. The camera is rotatable and captures a large area, which allows you to fully enjoy the views.

Reggio di Calabria, whose webcams are available on the site, is an Italian city in the province of the same name.

It is located almost at the very "toe" of the well-known boot. One of the main attractions is the Pinacoteca Civica di Reggio Calabria. This is a museum that houses and exhibits works of art, mostly owned by the municipality. The oldest works (XV-XIX centuries) belong to the collections of the former Civic Museum, founded in 1882, and the most modern (XIX-XX centuries) appeared here thanks to purchases and donations.
The most valuable works from the collections of the former Civic Museum are undoubtedly the two wooden tablets “San Girolamo penitente” and “Tre angeli in visita ad Abramo”, written by Antonello da Messina around 1460. In 1890, the municipality acquired them from Giovanbattista Rota, a descendant of a noble family from Reggio di Calabria, whose webcams allow you to see the streets of the city online.

Among the contemporary works in the museum, there are many works by Calabrian artists: landscapes of the 19th century. Reggio Ignazio Lavagni Fieschi and his student Giuseppe, sculpted by Francesco Gerace.

There are also paintings by Rubens Santoro, Francesco Raffaele, sculptures by Pasquale Panetta and Saverio Gatto. Among the non-Calabrian artists, Giovanni Omiccioli, Giampiero Restellini and Renato Guttuso can be distinguished.
The Pinacoteca Civica Museum is housed in rooms on the ground floor of the Local Theatre, built between 1920 and 1931. designed by engineers Domenico De Simone and Carlo Lavini. The reconstruction, designed by the architect Fabio Mariano, took place between 2006 and 2008. Of particular value is the central hall, completely painted with artificial marble decorations on the walls with stucco and gold profiles. These magnificent decorative elements are complemented by luxurious Murano glass chandeliers.
In general, the exhibition spaces occupy eleven halls, divided into five sections. The total area of ​​the museum is about 500 square meters. m. The following exhibitions are exhibited in the museum: “Masterpieces of the Masters: from Antonello da Messina to Mattia Preti”, “Views of the Meridian”: from myth to still lifes”, “Portrait painting of the nineteenth century”, “Landscape painting between 1800 and 1900”, “ Masters of Reggio.

Reggio di Calabria is an unusual city that will help you get inspired by Italian culture, and webcams will allow you to plunge into this atmosphere in real time.