Assoro
Sign in to saveAssoro (, , ) is a comune in the Province of Enna, Sicily, southern Italy. The town-site of Assoro occupies the site of ancient Assorus.
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Assoro is a small town located in the Province of Enna in Sicily, southern Italy. It is notable because it sits on the site of an ancient settlement called Assorus, making it a place where historical layers overlap in the Mediterranean region.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Àssoro
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Àssoro
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Panorama_di_Assoro.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Aidone
- Italian comune.province
- (EN)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- San Giorgio
- Italian comune.mayor
- Antonio Licciardo
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 112.15
- Italian comune.population_total
- 5091
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 November 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Assorini
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 850
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Assoro (, , ) is a comune in the Province of Enna, Sicily, southern Italy. The town-site of Assoro occupies the site of ancient Assorus.
The fight to take the heights of Assoro during WWII figured prominently in Farley Mowat’s account of his wartime service, And No Birds Sang.