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{{Infobox river
| name              = Asinaro
| image             = Asinaro.jpg
| image_caption     = The Asinaro near Noto
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| mouth             = [[Ionian Sea]]
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Italy]]
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sicily]]
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The '''Asinaro''' is a river in [[Sicily]] in the [[province of Syracuse]].  It is 22&nbsp;km long, flowing from the [[Hyblaean Mountains]] into the [[Ionian Sea]].  It passes through the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage]] city of [[Noto]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.fiumi.com/acque/index.php?id_g=25
|title=Fiume Asinaro
|work=Fiumi Italiani
|accessdate=2011-11-01}}</ref>
The river was known as the Assinaros in antiquity; in 413 BC it was the site of the final crushing defeat of the retreating [[Athens|Athenian]] expeditionary force which had been besieging [[Sicilian Expedition|Syracuse]].
==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Italy]]
[[Category:Rivers of the Province of Syracuse]]
[[Category:Drainage basins of the Ionian Sea]]
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