Lentini

Also known as Leontini

Lentini (; ; ; ) is a town and in the Province of Syracuse, southeastern Sicily (Southern Italy), located 35 km (22 miles) north-west of Syracuse.

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Lentini is a town located in southeastern Sicily, about 22 miles northwest of Syracuse in southern Italy. It serves as an administrative center in the Province of Syracuse.

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Italian comune.name: Lentini
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Lentini
Italian comune.image_shield: Lentini-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.shield_size: 150px
Italian comune.province: Syracuse (SR)
Italian comune.mayor_party: Lista civica
Italian comune.mayor: Rosario Lo Faro
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 215.75
Italian comune.population_total: 21425
Italian comune.population_as_of: 31 October 2023
Italian comune.population_demonym: (), () (, ), ()
Italian comune.elevation_m: 53
Italian comune.saint: Saints Alphius, Philadelphus and Cyrinus
Italian comune.day: May 10
Italian comune.postal_code: 96016
Italian comune.area_code: 095
Italian comune.nickname: ()

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Lentini
Population: 21646
Area: 216.78
Elevation: 53
Official website: www.comune.lentini.sr.it
Image: Area archeologica del Castellaccio, panorama dall'ingresso.jpg
Dialing code: 095
Licence plate code: SR

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Commons category: Lentini
postal code: 96016
Commons gallery: Lentini
native label: Lentini

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Lentini (; ; ; ) is a town and in the Province of Syracuse, southeastern Sicily (Southern Italy), located 35 km (22 miles) north-west of Syracuse.

==History== The city was founded by colonists from Naxos as Leontini in 729 BC, which in its beginnings was a Chalcidian colony established five years earlier in Magna Graecia.