Troina

Troina
Comune
Comune di Troina
Troina Location o Troina in Italy
Coordinates: 37°47′N 14°36′E / 37.783°N 14.600°E / 37.783; 14.600
Kintra	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Enna (EN)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Costantino Carchiolo
Area
• Total	163.083 km2 (62.967 sq mi)
Elevation	1121 m (3,678 ft)
Population  (2007)[1]
• Total	9,795
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Troinesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	94018
Diallin code	0935
Patron saunt	St. Sylvester
Saunt day	June 3
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Troina (Sicilian: Traina) is a toun an comune in the province o Enna, Sicily, Italy. It is locatit in the Nebrodi Pairk.

Excavations hae pruivit that the aurie o Troina wis settled as early as the 7t millennium BC (a ferm datin frae that period, an a later necropolis). O the Greek toun (maist likely kent as Engyon) pairts o the 4t century BC waws remain, while frae the Roman age are baths. Efter the faw o the Wastern Roman Empire it wis a Byzantine stranghauld an durin the Islamic period the releegious an moral caipital o the Greek an Christian orthodox pairt o Sicily; Roger I o Sicily haed in its castle (which he captured in 1061) a stairt base o his conquest o the island an aw.

Durin Warld War II, Troina wis the seat o a battle atween the Allees an the Axis forces. The toun wis maistly destroyed durin the sax-day fechtin (Julie 31-August 6, 1943).

Troina is twinned wi:

• Coutances, Fraunce

• Battle o Troina
• Troina (torrente)

• 
  Troina durin Warld War II.
• 
  Loch Ancipa.
• 
  Cathedral o Maria SS Annunziata, on the richt, an kirk o San Giorgio on the left.

• Troina Forum^{[deid airtin]}