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
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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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