Noto

Noto is a city of Syracuse in Sicily region of Italy with 23,600 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012). Noto is one of the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto, which have been declared by Unesco as a World Heritage.

Location and data

Noto is located 35 km southwest of Syracuse, the southern boundary of Iblei to 159 m slm. Residents work primarily in agriculture, industry and tourism.

The train station is on the railway line Caltanissetta Gela - Syracuse.

Noto is a bishopric.

The districts are Marina di Noto, San Corrado di Fuori and Testa dell ' Acqua.

The neighboring municipalities are Avola, Canicattini Bagni, Sampieri (RG), Modica (RG), Pachino, Palazzolo Acreide rosolini and Syracuse.

History

About 6 km north-west of the modern town lies the ancient Neton (Latin Netum, now called Noto Antica or Noto Vecchia ), which was founded by the tribe of the Siculi, came early in the sphere of Syracuse. From 263 BC the city was officially opened by Hiero II dominates, later they came as civitas foederata under Roman rule.

Excavations have brought the sikelische necropolis, Hellenistic tombs and catacombs to light.

Among the Arabs (from 862 ) Noto achieved in the Middle Ages national significance and was until 1091 the last Muslim bastion in Italy.

The present city was built from 1703 to the southeast of Noto Antica, which was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1693. Then Noto was rebuilt as planned and uniform in the style of Sicilian Baroque. City architect Rosario Gagliardi was. The architect Vincenzo Sinatra wore his buildings in the city we know today.

Cityscape and monuments

When building the new city a rectangular street grid was used. The preferred building material for churches and palaces was brighter tufa from the environment.

Noto is one of the Sicilian Baroque towns. She is one of the 2002 World Heritage Site by UNESCO in late Baroque towns of the Val di Noto.

Churches

  • SS Nicolò di Mira e Corrado, the Cathedral of Noto
  • Chiesa di Santa Caterina
  • Chiesa del Collegio di San Carlo, built in 1740 a Jesuit church
  • Chiesa del Gesù di Nome
  • Monastero di Santa Chiara Rosario Gagliardi
  • Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo
  • Chiesa Santa Maria della Scala
  • Chiesa di Santa Chiara with a Madonna by Antonello Gaginis
  • Chiesa di San Francesco D' Assisi (including Church of the Immaculate ) by Rosario Gagliardi with the former Franciscan monastery
  • Chiesa dello Spirito Santo
  • Chiesa dell'Ecce Homo
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Arco
  • Chiesa delle Anime Sante del Purgatorio
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria della Rotonda
  • Chiesa della Santissima Trinità
  • Chiesa di San Carlo al Corso
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmelo
  • Chiesa di San Pietro Martire
  • Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo
  • Chiesa di San Domenico, built in 1737 by Rosario Gagliardi
  • Chiesa di S. Antonio Abate
  • Chiesa di S. Corrado
  • Chiesa di Santa Caterina
  • Chiesa di San Camillo del Crociferio
  • Chiesa di Monte Vergine (also Chiesa di San Girolamo ) by Vincenzo Sinatra, the High Baroque facade dominates the Via Corrado Nicolaci whose upper end it forms
  • Church of the Most Holy Salvatore, former monastery church
  • Chiesa di San Andrea Apostolo
  • Chiesa di San Pietro delle Rose ( also Chiesa Santi Pietro e Paolo )
  • Chiesa del SS Crucifix, built in 1715, with a Madonna by Francesco Laurana
  • Chiesa di San Egidio Vescovo
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria del Gesù
  • Church of the Annunziata
  • Chiesa di Santa Agata, built from 1710 by Rosario Gagliardi

Other buildings

  • Palazzo Ducezio, now the town hall, built by Vincenzo Sinatra from 1746
  • Palazzo Nicolaci (also Palazzo Villadorata ), now houses the city library
  • Museo Civico, the municipal museum with finds from the area, statues by Gian Domenico Gaginis as well as a collection of modern art

Environment

  • Noto Antica, the ruins of the destroyed in the earthquake of 1693 the old town of Noto
  • San Corrado di Fuori, a patron of Noto sacred place of pilgrimage
  • Villa Romana del Tellaro, a Roman villa dating from the 4th century with precious mosaics
  • Eloro, an ancient settlement on the coast southeast of Noto
  • Riserva Naturale Oasi di Vendicari faunistica, a nature reserve south of Noto

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Giovanni Aurispa (1376-1459), humanist
  • Francesco Paolo Labisi (1720-1798), architect of the Baroque
  • Vincenzo Sinatra (1720-1765), architect of the Baroque
  • Pierantonio Tasca (1858-1934), composer
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