The Fata Morgana in the Strait of Messina - this is the actual castle-in-the-air legend

Everyone uses "fata morgana" as a word for any mirage now but the name comes from one specific place: the Strait of Messina, between Sicily and Calabria in Italy. Fata Morgana = Morgan le Fay, King Arthur's sorceress sister. Sicilians said SHE built the floating cities out over the water to lure sai……