Leni is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) and one of the main towns on
Salina, one of the
Aeolian Islands, in the
Metropolitan City of Messina
The Metropolitan City of Messina ( it, Città metropolitana di Messina) is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina. It replaced the Province of Messina and comprises the city of Messin ...
,
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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, southern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. It is located about northeast of
Palermo and about northwest of
Messina.
Leni lies on the slope of the hill on the south of the island, above the sea, between the volcanoes of Monte Fossa and Monte dei Porri.
Leni borders the following municipalities:
Malfa,
Santa Marina Salina
Santa Marina Salina is a ''comune'' (municipality) and one of the main towns on Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands. It is situated in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about northeast of Palermo and about ...
.
People
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Nino Randazzo
Nino Randazzo (22 July 1932 – 10 July 2019) was an Italian-Australian journalist and politician. He arrived in Australia as a young man and for 30 years served as the editor of ''Il Globo'', one of the country's largest non-English newspapers. ...
(born 1932)
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Sicily
Towns and villages in the Aeolian Islands
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