Publication of the Archivio Storico Messinese, 1903, by Carmelo Tosti:
preface to the description of the “Capitoli della Concordia” between the University of Longi and the baron Lanza in 1570.
“Reality surpassed my imagination, because Nature has there perfectly combined wonderful grandeur and beauty. I will always remember, with great emotion, the steep cliffs rearing up towards the sky, the endless pastures that colour with green every hill and the woods of oaks that, with their green manes tossed by the west wind, spread out thick and almost impenetrable waves full of fantasy and visions”.