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Val di Noto

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geographic region

Key facts

Official name
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
Location
Sicily , Italy
Includes
Caltagirone Catania Militello Val di Catania Modica Noto Palazzolo Acreide Ragusa Scicli
Criteria
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv)(v)
Reference
1024rev
Inscription
2002 (26th Session )
Area
112.79 ha (0.4355 sq mi)
Buffer zone
305.8 ha (1.181 sq mi)
Coordinates
36°53′35.5″N 15°4′8.1″E / 36.893194°N 15.068917°E / 36.893194; 15.068917

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Val di Noto (lit. 'Province of Noto') is a historical and geographical area encompassing the south-eastern third of Sicily; it is dominated by the limestone Hyblaean plateau. Historically, it was one of the three valli of Sicily.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Val di Noto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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