The Kore University of Enna, in Italian Università Kore di Enna, is a university founded in 2004 in

Enna Enna ( or ; grc, Ἔννα; la, Henna, less frequently ), known from the Middle Ages until 1926 as Castrogiovanni ( scn, Castrugiuvanni ), is a city and located roughly at the center of Sicily, southern Italy, in the province of Enna, towering ...

, the capital city of the

Province of Enna Enna ( it, Provincia di Enna; sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Pruvincia di Enna''; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Enna'') is a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It was created in 1927, out ...

, in the center of

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and has been visited by two Italian Presidents (

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before, and

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for the final inauguration). The university has very modern facilities; it also has a strong relationships with governments and universities of the

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countries (

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) and with some of European and U.S. areas. The President of the University and the President of the University Foundation is

Cataldo Salerno Cataldo Salerno (born 1951) is an Italian politician, and the President of the Province of Enna, in the centre of Sicily. He was born in Enna. A graduate in philosophy and (''honoris causa'') in psychology, Salerno founded the Kore University of ...

, a Sicilian professor who is also the President of the

. The university has laboratories, auditoriums and a conference and concert hall where important musicians play; other Kore facilities include a sports centre and a residential building for students. Kore is planned to be a large campus in the American style with two Student Houses and many facilities for students. The international relationship of Kore University involves many countries of the Mediterranean Area (

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, etc.) and also American, European and Asian universities. The Kore University of Enna is the newest Sicilian university: in fact, it's the first university founded in Sicily after the unification of Italy, and it was founded 200 years after the foundation of the last Sicilian university, the

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External links

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University of Enna Website
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Kore University Website

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