a city and port in southern Italy, at the southernmost tip of the Apennine Peninsula, along the Strait of Messina. Reggio di Calabria is the capital of the province of the same name in Calabria. Population, 165,800 (1971). A transportation hub, the city is connected by a train ferry with Sicily (the city of Messina). It has food- and lumber-processing industries. There also are enterprises for the construction of railroad cars and for the extraction of citrus essences and aromatic oils. Reggio di Calabria has a fishing industry. The city has a geophysical observatory. Earthquakes are frequent. After the devastating earthquake of 1908 the city was rebuilt on a rectilinear pattern. Ruins of ancient Greek temples and dwellings have been preserved (dating primarily from the fourth century B.C.). In Reggio di Calabria is located the National Museum (1920’s, architect M. Piacentini), which specializes in prehistoric and ancient Greek and Roman art.