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A rocky cliff that rises on the Ionian Sea characterizes the territory, whose rugged morphology is in sharp contrast with the sweeter morphology of the adjacent territory. View from the sea of ​​the rocks of Capo dell'Armi The cliff rises steeply from the waters of the sea up to over 134 m s.l.m. with an overhanging wall, the only solution of continuity is constituted by the State Road 106 Jonica, dug right inside the rock. A peculiar characteristic of the rocky promontory are its quarries of Reggina stone (also known as Lazzàro stone). On the cliff stands the lighthouse that establishes the south-eastern limit of the Strait of Messina and represents the first light at the entrance to the Sicilian Channel [1]. History In Greek times the promontory of Capo dell'Armi was called Leukopetra Akroterion (in Greek Λευκοπέτρα ἀκρωτήριον), that is: white stone promontory. In Roman times it was called Leucopetra Promontorium [2]. The Greek geographer Strabo wrote: View from the sea of ​​the S.S. 106, which passes from the Chief of the Army "Whoever sails from Rhegion to the east for a distance of 50 stadiums (9 km), finds that promontory that from the color they call Leucopetra, with which, they say, the Apennines end." (Strabone, Geografia, VI, 1, 7) The promontory is archaeologically significant thanks to the discovery of numerous traces of the presence of the first Christians [3]. In the area of ​​Capo dell'Armi were found: a sepulchral inscription of the Letter to the Romans (8.31) of San Paolo, of the proto-Christian age [2] [3]; a brick with Christian graffiti [4]; a jewelery set [2] [5]; a proto-Christian necropolis [2] [5]. Towards the end of the nineteenth century (however before 1882) four acorns missiles were found at Capo dell'Armi [6] testimony of the activity conducted by Quinto Salvidieno Rufo Salvio in the Strait of Messina, on the occasion of the naval war between Ottaviano and Sesto Pompeo from 42 BC [4]. Near Capo dell'Armi were also the remains of a Roman villa that probably belonged to the patrician Publius Valerius and also mentioned by Cicero [7]. A stele with Latin inscriptions from the imperial era was also found [2]. During the Second World War, three Italian ships sank in the area facing the Capo dell'Armi [8]. They were: Dalmatia (sunk 25 January 1942 by the English submarine Ultimatum); la Laura (sunk 3 July 1941 from the English submarine Upholder); the Ninetto (sunk 5 April 1942 from the English submarine Una).