Lentini
Sign in to saveLentini (; ; ; ) is a town and in the Province of Syracuse, southeastern Sicily (Southern Italy), located 35 km (22 miles) north-west of Syracuse.
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Lentini is a town located in southeastern Sicily, about 22 miles northwest of Syracuse in southern Italy. It serves as an administrative center in the Province of Syracuse.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Lentini
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Lentini
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Lentini-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.shield_size
- 150px
- Italian comune.province
- Syracuse (SR)
- Italian comune.mayor_party
- Lista civica
- Italian comune.mayor
- Rosario Lo Faro
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 215.75
- Italian comune.population_total
- 21425
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 October 2023
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- (), () (, ), ()
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 53
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Lentini (; ; ; ) is a town and in the Province of Syracuse, southeastern Sicily (Southern Italy), located 35 km (22 miles) north-west of Syracuse.
==History== The city was founded by colonists from Naxos as Leontini in 729 BC, which in its beginnings was a Chalcidian colony established five years earlier in Magna Graecia.