Cattedrale di Noto ★
The Baroque cathedral of San Nicolò in Noto, rebuilt after its 1996 collapse and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Museums Castelluccio di Noto An Early Bronze Age site near Noto featuring over 200 rock-cut tombs, including the monumental Tomba del Principe. -
Churches Cattedrale di Noto The Baroque cathedral of San Nicolò in Noto, rebuilt after its 1996 collapse and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. -
Churches Chiesa del Santissimo Crocifisso Designed by Rosario Gagliardi in the 18th century, this is the second-largest church in Noto. -
Churches Chiesa di San Carlo al Corso Built from 1730, this Noto church features a golden calcarenite façade and an altar salvaged from the 1693 earthquake. -
Churches Chiesa di San Domenico A landmark of Noto's Baroque architecture, designed by Rosario Gagliardi between 1703 and 1727.
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Churches and places of worship
6Chiesa del Santissimo Crocifisso ★
Designed by Rosario Gagliardi in the 18th century, this is the second-largest church in Noto.
Chiesa di San Carlo al Corso ★
Built from 1730, this Noto church features a golden calcarenite façade and an altar salvaged from the 1693 earthquake.
Chiesa di San Domenico ★
A landmark of Noto's Baroque architecture, designed by Rosario Gagliardi between 1703 and 1727.
Chiesa di San Francesco
An 18th-century Baroque church in Noto designed by Rosario Gagliardi, forming part of the Val di Noto UNESCO site.
Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Arco
Rosario Gagliardi's church of 1730 on Via Ducezio, its portal framed by spiral columns and the Cistercian coat of arms.
Museums, theatres and collections
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Castelluccio di Noto ★
An Early Bronze Age site near Noto featuring over 200 rock-cut tombs, including the monumental Tomba del Principe.
Eloro
The ruins of Helorus, the earliest Syracusan sub-colony set on the Ionian coast near the Tellaro River.
Villa del Tellaro
Late Roman villa near Noto featuring 4th-century polychrome mosaics depicting mythical and hunting scenes.
Archaeology
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Noto antica
The ruins of Netum on Mount Alveria, destroyed by the catastrophic earthquake of January 11, 1693.
Colonna Pizzuta
Beneath ten metres of limestone, the tomb Paolo Orsi found in 1899: a grave, not a trophy.
Sito archeologico di Monte Finocchito
Sicel necropolis above Noto: hundreds of rock-cut chamber tombs excavated by Paolo Orsi.
Nature and viewpoints
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Riserva naturale orientata Cavagrande del Cassibile
A canyon 507 metres deep, green pools at the bottom, houses cut into the rock.
Riserva naturale orientata Oasi Faunistica di Vendicari
Salt marshes, a ruined tuna fishery and five beaches between Noto and Marzamemi.
Saline di Vendicari
Salt basins on the Pantano Grande, the tonnara chimney and, from December, flamingos.
Castles, palaces and villas
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Palazzo Landolina
Built in 1730 beside the cathedral of Noto by the marquesses of Sant'Alfano.
Porta Reale
The arch Noto raised in a single year for Ferdinand II, whose statue is now the war memorial.
Squares, fountains and monuments
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Palazzo Di Lorenzo del Castelluccio
The neoclassical palace on via Cavour, shut for thirty years and reopened in 2018: 105 rooms.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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