LEONFORTE, a walled town in the interior of Sicily, province of Catania, 37 miles W.N.W. of the town of that name, is situate in a mountainous district near the right bank of the Dittaino. It consists, for the most part, of a large square, with two main streets diverging therefrom. The inhabitants trade in grain, wine, oil, silk, sulphur, and asphaltum; the two last existing in large quantities in the neighbourhood. An annual fair is held here. Pop. about 11,000.