Assolna is 11 km from Margao, the main South Goa district headquarters town.

The main reason is that, being situated on the bank of river Sal, it serves as a commercial centre and a docking point for domestic ships carrying on coastal trade as far as Bombay to the north.The commercial aspect of the village is well manifested in the shape of its market area, specifically designed in the shape of a square with shopping and service outlets on all sides, and a main road in between, leading over the bridge to the capital, Panjim, in the north, to Cabo de Rama fort in the south; and branching out to the interiors of south Goa in the east and finally, over another bridge to the sea side in the west.

The captain-major in charge of the Portuguese Army garrison at the (now extinct) Assolna Fort was determined to punish the culprits responsible for the deaths of the victims of the Cuncolim Massacre.

[4] The Hindu Kshatriya chieftains of Cuncolim, who had led the massacre, were then summoned to the Assolna fort situated on the banks of the River Sal.

(The Church of Regina Martyrum, built in memory of the martyred Christians, now stands at this location.)

One escaped execution by jumping into the Assolna River through a toilet hole and fleeing to distant Karwar.

[5] Following the execution of their leaders, the Hindu landlords of neighbouring villages (including Assolna) refused to pay taxes on the produce generated from their fields and orchards to the Portuguese government.

It depicts a Biblical theme, with the statue of Christ rising tall in the company of angels and four of his apostles.

The village features in the fictional work Liberation -- A Novel by Jorge Ataide-Lobo, published in the early 1970s and printed at Casa J.D.