Where the land is green and men are brave

Back in the day, when the Portuguese ruled over Goa, the village of Assolna gained significance. It produced some of the state’s most vital
key centre for pre-Liberation Goa's administration. Sushila Sawant Mendes, associate professor in history at the Goa Government College of Arts, Science in Quepem says, “Assolna was an important land of freedom fighters, along with Cuncolim. The village was also the centre of learning among surrounding villages. In the 19th century it was an administrative centre after Nova Goa.”
The etymology of Assolna is untraceable but educationist Prabhakar Timble and advocate Cleofato Almeida Coutinho, both natives of the village believe “Assolna comes from Oslem na (nothing like it)”.
The seven-ward village, covering 458ha, is home to 3,410 people. On the southern and eastern side it shares its borders with the villages of Velim and Cuncolim on one hand and the Sal on the northern and western sides.
Its traditional vaddos are Orel, Passagem, Bairo, Premeiro, Bainaque, Banda, Bainfoll, Mulleamvaddo, Culmorod, Ganeavaddo and Punzall.