Messina Cathedral, known as the Duomo di Messina; Basilica Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta at Messina, and the harbour at Sicily. The photographer is looking south-east-by-east from the castellaccio walls showing the cathedral and the Piazza Duomo to the left of centre of the picture. Two general cargo steamships and two train ferries are in the harbour on the left of the picture. The Straits of Messina and the Italian mainland are in the background.