Pylons of Messina
The Pylons of Messina are two free-standing steel towers in southern Italy, one in Sicily at Torre Faro and one in Calabria at Villa San Giovanni. They were used from 1955 to 1994 to carry a 220 kilovolt (150 kilovolt until 1971) power line across the Strait of Messina, between the Scilla substation in Calabria on the Italian mainland at 38°14′42″N 15°40′59″E and the Messina-Santo substation in Sicily at 38°15′57″N 15°39′04″E. == Design == The two pylons, built in 1955, are both 232-metre-high (761 ft) free-standing steel towers.