{"id":68390,"date":"2015-06-16T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/?p=68390"},"modified":"2026-10-14T08:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:31:32","slug":"assoro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/en\/assoro","title":{"rendered":"Assoro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Assoro<\/strong>, perched on the steep hill of Monte Stella in the Heraean Mountains, at nearly 850 metres of altitude in the heart of Sicily. It preserves a well-preserved medieval centre, heir to a city inhabited since Antiquity by local peoples. Its main monuments \u2014 the Basilica of San Leone, with its early Christian crypt and works of the Valguarnera family, and the ruins of the castle, vestiges of the Byzantine, Arab and Norman fortifications \u2014 bear witness to the town’s medieval history. From the summit, the panorama over the high plain of Enna allows one to appreciate the landscape shaped by centuries of human presence, all the way to Etna.<\/p>\n\n\n