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Ancient Archaeological Sites

Ruins around Noto from the Bronze Age to late Roman times: the old town destroyed in 1693, the Greek city of Eloro and a Roman villa with mosaic floors.

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Noto Antica

The ruins of the old town on a hilltop north of modern Noto, abandoned after the 1693 earthquake and now overgrown with trees.

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B

Villa Romana del Tellaro

A late Roman country villa south of Noto, with colourful floor mosaics of hunting and mythological scenes.

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C

Eloro

Remains of the ancient Greek city of Helorus on a low hill by the sea, near the mouth of the Tellaro river.

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D

Colonna Pizzuta

A tall stone column from the Hellenistic period standing in the fields near Eloro, linked to an ancient tomb.

E

Castelluccio Village

An early Bronze Age settlement and rock-cut necropolis in the hills west of Noto, which gave its name to a prehistoric culture.