Assorus
Assorus or Assoros, or Asserus or Asseros, also known as Assorium or Assorion, was a city of the interior of ancient Sicily, situated about halfway between Agyrium and Enna.Photo: Franck Manogil, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Village with 4,770 residents
- Description: city of the Sicel in Sicily, later Hellenised as Assoros and now Assoro
- Also known as: “Mint of Assorus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palazzo dei Principi di Valguarnera and Basilica di San Leone.
Palazzo dei Principi di Valguarnera
Manor estate
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palazzo dei Principi di Valguarnera is a manor estate.
Basilica di San Leone
Church
Fontana delle Ninfe
Fountain
Photo: Antoniods89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fontana delle Ninfe is a fountain, which is situated 3 km west of Assorus.
Assorus
- Categories: ancient city and locality
- Location: Assoro, Enna, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
37.62791° or 37° 37′ 41″ northLongitude
14.42389° or 14° 25′ 26″ eastPopulation
4,770Open location code
8F9PJCHF+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 67254835OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q4810310
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Italian—“Assorus” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Assorus”
- Basque: “Assorus”
- Catalan: “Assoros”
- Catalan: “Assorus”
- Dutch: “Assorus”
- French: “Assorus”
- Italian: “Assoro”
- Italian: “Assorus”
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Highlights include Piazza Umberto Primo and Municipio di Assoro.
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