Italy’s Court of Auditors has rejected a government plan to build a massive bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland.
Three-time slacklining world champion Jaan Roose is pictured during the first slackline walk across the Messina Strait on July 10, 2024, between Santa Trada, Calabria, and Torre Faro, Sicily.
The Strait of Messina is all that separates the Italian mainland from Sicily. The waterway is only 2 miles or 3.2 kilometers wide at its narrowest point, and since Sicily is Italy’s largest territory ...