Torre Faro, Capo Peloro. Punto segreto e nevralgico per cui nascono e di cui si sostentano queste pagine.
Il toponimo è ovvio, nonostante traballanti altre interpretazioni legate alla “popolazione dei Pharii”, e derivato dalla torre del faro che qui sorge, sorgeva e sorse in epoche passate, indietro nel tempo fino alle prime frequentaz ioni umane del territorio, tra i predoni della costa, i gorghi misteriosi e il moto mostruoso delle correnti, le paludi della ninfa Peloria e le rotte navali italiche, fenicie e greche.
Il Promontorio collinare di Capo Peloro si interrompe a meno di 2 km dal mare, digradando in un basso lido sabbioso attraversato da piccoli corsi d’acqua che discendevano dalle alture e crearono la duna e i suoi pantani .
Su questo lido, nella punta estrema nord orientale della Sicilia, nel punto più stretto Strait of Messina , now stands the village of Torre Faro, has always been dedicated to fishing, the crossing of goods and persons (including smuggling) and to the custody of the points of light that would protect anyone who crossed the dangerous bottleneck at the center of Mediterranean and to all vessel traffic in the Old World.
The village, as at present constituted, takes shape as a linear combination of spontaneous and fishermen's houses, where, unfortunately, the original architectural appearance has lost its connotations over time due to numerous unregulated urban interventions of any kind.
During the nineteenth century the area was affected by the presence e dalle opere della marina inglese, che presidiarono Messina e lo Stretto dal 1799. Gli inglesi costruirono molte batterie sulla spiaggia, resero carrozzabile la via Consolare Pompea fino appunto alla “Torre del Faro”. Collegarono con i canali ancora visibili il Lago di Faro (Pantano Piccolo) e il Lago di Ganzirri (Pantano Grande) con il tirreno e con lo Stretto, bonificando il sistema lacustre della duna e utilizzandolo per il ricovero delle imbarcazioni (si vedano in proposito G. Oliva, Annali della Città di Messina ; F. Chillemi, I Casali di Messina ) e forse addirittura per l’attraversamento dello Stretto tramite i canali, almeno per le imbarcazioni di dimensioni appropriate. The reclamation and canalization of the central area between the two "lakes" a swamp infested with malaria and hiding the remains of a third lake known to the ancients, also brought to light the remains of the classical period, such as column drums then transported to the cathedral city. 
Finally, another important traces of their passage, the tower is visible from the Cape, known just as the English Tower. Due to the late Middle Ages, but with different elements sixteenth century, the structure has been permanently rearranged in its present form exactly the British in early 800, the end of 800 executives from umbertino army and then during World War II.
inside the tower, in the work of restoration and renovation of the building complex, the archaeologists have found a base of the Superintendent of brick and earthenware with three steps and some tanks from the Roman period, along with findings that should soon join in setting antiquarium Municipal Tower, with a dozen caskets.
Although the interpretation is not completely confirmed, the three steps could conceivably be the remains of the base of the lighthouse from the Roman period, which would then the structure depicted in a silver issue of Sextus Pompeius denarius dated to a 42-40 or 38-36 BC, however, at any time prior to the defeat of Sextus Pompey and contemporary in its "domain" and the Strait of Sicily.
Poseidonio Although it may have been built by Octavian, after his victory over Pompey (36 BC.) Coin depicting the lighthouse (and therefore the Faro itself) are prior to these events.
Su questo lido, nella punta estrema nord orientale della Sicilia, nel punto più stretto Strait of Messina , now stands the village of Torre Faro, has always been dedicated to fishing, the crossing of goods and persons (including smuggling) and to the custody of the points of light that would protect anyone who crossed the dangerous bottleneck at the center of Mediterranean and to all vessel traffic in the Old World.
The village, as at present constituted, takes shape as a linear combination of spontaneous and fishermen's houses, where, unfortunately, the original architectural appearance has lost its connotations over time due to numerous unregulated urban interventions of any kind.
During the nineteenth century the area was affected by the presence e dalle opere della marina inglese, che presidiarono Messina e lo Stretto dal 1799. Gli inglesi costruirono molte batterie sulla spiaggia, resero carrozzabile la via Consolare Pompea fino appunto alla “Torre del Faro”. Collegarono con i canali ancora visibili il Lago di Faro (Pantano Piccolo) e il Lago di Ganzirri (Pantano Grande) con il tirreno e con lo Stretto, bonificando il sistema lacustre della duna e utilizzandolo per il ricovero delle imbarcazioni (si vedano in proposito G. Oliva, Annali della Città di Messina ; F. Chillemi, I Casali di Messina ) e forse addirittura per l’attraversamento dello Stretto tramite i canali, almeno per le imbarcazioni di dimensioni appropriate. The reclamation and canalization of the central area between the two "lakes" a swamp infested with malaria and hiding the remains of a third lake known to the ancients, also brought to light the remains of the classical period, such as column drums then transported to the cathedral city. 
Finally, another important traces of their passage, the tower is visible from the Cape, known just as the English Tower. Due to the late Middle Ages, but with different elements sixteenth century, the structure has been permanently rearranged in its present form exactly the British in early 800, the end of 800 executives from umbertino army and then during World War II.
inside the tower, in the work of restoration and renovation of the building complex, the archaeologists have found a base of the Superintendent of brick and earthenware with three steps and some tanks from the Roman period, along with findings that should soon join in setting antiquarium Municipal Tower, with a dozen caskets. 
Poseidonio Although it may have been built by Octavian, after his victory over Pompey (36 BC.) Coin depicting the lighthouse (and therefore the Faro itself) are prior to these events.
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