 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1783, kudengenyeka kwapasirakaparadza chikamu chikuru cheguta racho, uye zvakatora makumi emakore kuvakazve uye kumutsidzira upenyu hwetsika hweMessina. Muna 1847 rakanga riri rimwe ramaguta okutanga muItaly umo mhirizhonga dzeRisorgimento dzakaputika. Muna 1848 yakapandukira pachena vaBurbon vaitonga, asi yakadzvinyirirwazve zvakasimba. Muna 1860 chete, pashure peHondo yeMilazzo, mauto aGaribaldine akatora guta racho. Mumwe wevanhu vakuru vekubatanidzwa kweItaly, Giuseppe Mazzini, akasarudzwa kuva mutevedzeri weMessina musarudzo huru dza1866. Imwe kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaderera kwakakuvadza guta musi wa16 Mbudzi 1894. Guta racho rakapotsa raparadzwa chose nokudengenyeka kwenyika uye tsunami yakaitika mangwanani aDecember 28, 1908, ichiuraya vanhu vanenge 100 000 uye ichiparadza zvivako zvakawanda zvekare. Gore rakatevera racho guta racho rakavakwazve. 