Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1783, girgizar ƙasa ta halaka yawancin birnin, kuma ya ɗauki shekaru da yawa kafin a sake gina birnin da kuma farfaɗo da al'adun birnin Messina. A cikin 1847 yana ɗaya daga cikin biranen farko a Italiya inda Rikicin Risorgimento ya ɓarke. A cikin 1848 ya yi tawaye a fili ga Bourbons mai mulki, amma an sake danne shi sosai. Sai kawai a cikin 1860, bayan Yaƙin Milazzo, sojojin Garibaldine sun mamaye garin. Daya daga cikin manyan mutane na hadin kan Italiya, Giuseppe Mazzini, an zabe shi mataimakin a Messina a babban zaben 1866. Wani girgizar kasa mai karancin karfi ya lalata garin a ranar 16 ga Nuwamba 1894. Birnin ya kusan hallaka gaba daya ta
girgizar kasa da tsunami da ke tattare da ita a safiyar ranar 28 ga Disamba, 1908, sun kashe kusan mutane 100,000 kuma sun lalata yawancin tsohuwar gine-gine. An sake gina birnin a shekara mai zuwa.