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Capo Passero
The fort of Capo Passero
The fort of Capo Passero
Capo Passero is located in Sicily
Capo Passero
Sicily
Coordinates: 36°41′18.4″N 15°09′06.1″E / 36.688444°N 15.151694°E / 36.688444; 15.151694
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Capo Passero or Cape Passaro (Sicilian: Capu Pàssaru; Greek: Πάχυνος; Latin: Pachynus or Pachynum) is a celebrated promontory of Sicily, forming the extreme southeastern point of the whole island, and one of the three promontories which were supposed to have given to it the name of "Trinacria". (Ovid, Fast. iv. 479, Met. xiii. 725; Dionys. Per. 467–72; Scyl. p. 4. § 13; Pol. i. 42; Strabo vi. pp. 265, 272, &c.; Plin. iii. 8. s. 14; Ptol. iii. 4. § 8; Mela, ii. 7. § 15.)

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