Fontana di Orione stands in Piazza del Duomo, close to Messina Cathedral, and is one of the city's strongest surviving Renaissance details. Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, a pupil of Michelangelo, designed the fountain in the 16th century, with Orion at the centre and river figures below.
The fountain is not a long visit, but it sharpens the cathedral square. Messina has been rebuilt so often that older fragments matter, and this one gives the city centre a touch of marble confidence amid the busier business of ferries, traffic, and post-earthquake streets.