Troina | |
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Comune di Troina | |
Coordinates: 37°47′N 14°36′E / 37.783°N 14.600°E | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Province | Enna (EN) |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Costantino Carchiolo |
Area | |
• Total | 163.083 km2 (62.967 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1121 m (3,678 ft) |
Population (2007)[1] | |
• Total | 9,795 |
• Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Troinesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 94018 |
Diallin code | 0935 |
Patron saunt | St. Sylvester |
Saunt day | June 3 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Troina (Sicilian: Traina) is a toun an comune in the province o Enna, Sicily, Italy. It is locatit in the Nebrodi Pairk.
Excavations hae pruivit that the aurie o Troina wis settled as early as the 7t millennium BC (a ferm datin frae that period, an a later necropolis). O the Greek toun (maist likely kent as Engyon) pairts o the 4t century BC waws remain, while frae the Roman age are baths. Efter the faw o the Wastern Roman Empire it wis a Byzantine stranghauld an durin the Islamic period the releegious an moral caipital o the Greek an Christian orthodox pairt o Sicily; Roger I o Sicily haed in its castle (which he captured in 1061) a stairt base o his conquest o the island an aw.
Durin Warld War II, Troina wis the seat o a battle atween the Allees an the Axis forces. The toun wis maistly destroyed durin the sax-day fechtin (Julie 31-August 6, 1943).
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