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  2. Mount Alveria - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Villa of Tellaro has also been excavated on Mount Alveria. Mount Alveria was the original site of the city of Noto. Noto was relocated to a more level site 10 kilometres away after the earthquake of 1693. The ruins of the old city of Noto, known today as Noto Antica, still remain on a ridge on the mountainside. [1] [2]

  3. Palazzo Ducezio - Wikipedia

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    The central painting on the vault, attributed to Antonimo Mazza, was made in 1826, and depicts an allegory of Ducezio, king of the Siculi, to whom an officer of the Engineers shows the site of Neas on Mount Alveria. Site on which in the pre-Hellenic age the fortified city of Noto Antica was rebuilt, to defend against the attack of the Greeks.

  4. Noto - Wikipedia

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    The old town, Noto Antica, lies 8 kilometres (5 mi) directly north on Mount Alveria. A city of Sicel origin, it was known as Netum in ancient times. In 263 BCE the city was granted to Hiero II by the Romans. According to legend, Daedalus stayed in the city after his flight over the Ionian Sea, as did Hercules after his seventh task.

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Napa County ...

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    Location of Napa County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Napa County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Napa County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for ...

  6. Castelluccio culture - Wikipedia

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    Tomb door from the Culture of Castelluccio representing a sexual act. Castelluccio culture is an archaeological feature dating to Ancient Bronze Age (2000 B.C. approximately) of the prehistoric civilization of Sicily, originally identified by Paolo Orsi on the basis of a particular ceramic style, in the homonymous village, between Noto and Siracusa.

  7. Val di Noto - Wikipedia

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    Val di Noto (lit. ' Province of Noto ' ) [ a ] 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 .

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  9. Noto Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Myra, and has been the cathedral of the Diocese of Noto since the diocese's establishment in 1844. The cathedral dome collapsed in 1996 as a result of unremedied structural weakening caused by an earthquake in 1990, to which injudicious building alterations in the 1950s may have contributed.