Assoro

Assoro (Sicilian: Àsaru, Latin: Assorus, Greek: Assoros) is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Enna in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has 4,749 inhabitants.

The town-site of Assoro occupies the site of ancient Assorus.

The fight to take the heights of Assoro during WWII figured prominently in Farley Mowat’s account of his wartime service, And No Birds Sang.

Among the main sights in the town is the 12th-century Basilica di San Leone.