Caio Domenico Gallo (28 February 1697 – 20 October 1780), was an Italian historian. Gallo was born and died in

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 in ...

, in the north-east of the Mediterranean island of

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. His principal work, the ''Annali della città di Messina'', is a comprehensive history of that city from its beginnings up to the time of the plague of 1743. It was published in four volumes, of which only two appeared during his lifetime, in 1756 and 1758. The third volume was published posthumously in 1804, and the fourth in 1875. Two volumes of later history, by Gaetano Oliva, were added in 1896.

Publications

* '' Gli Annali della città di Messina capitale del Regno di Sicilia dal giorno di sua fondazione fino a tempi presenti'', four volumes, 1756–1875

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallo, Caio Domenico 1697 births 1780 deaths 18th-century Italian historians Writers from Messina