Capo Passero
Capo Passero | |
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The fort of Capo Passero | |
Location in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 36°41′18.4″N 15°09′06.1″E / 36.688444°N 15.151694°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
Capo Passero or Cape Passaro (Sicilian: Capu Pàssaru; Greek: Πάχυνος or Πάχυνον; 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.)