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Adranon

Southern Europe

Adranon, also called Adranos and known today as Adrano, was an ancient polis of Magna Graecia on the southwestern slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily, near the Simeto River.

Facts
Founding Year
400 BCE 1
Founding Year
400 BCE 1
Latitude
37.6625 degrees north 2
Longitude
14.836111 degrees east 2
Sources
1. Wikipedia (Italian): Adranon
Wikipedia (Italian)Article text: founding statement
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Secondo Diodoro Siculo , la città greca fu fondata da Dionigi di Siracusa , nel 400 a.C.
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2. Adranon (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 37.6625, longitude 14.836111
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Wikidata: Adranon
Wikidata Q28219837, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Adranon (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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