Noto is the first Sicilian municipality and the fourth Italian for territorial extension (555 km²).

(243 km away) The city, built on terraces and therefore connected by monumental steps,

it is a continuous flourishing of splendid buildings and details of the most valuable and rich Baroque.

In 1693, Giuseppe Lanza Duke of Camastra, appointed Vicar General for the reconstruction of the Val di Noto, decided to build the city on another site.

The new eighteenth-century Noto is the expression of the ingenuity and work of many personalities who dedicated themselves to it.

The visit starts from viale Marconi where the former convent of the Cappucini is located,

where a wooden statue of Ecce Homo from ancient Noto is kept. After the Royal gate of 1838 built in honor of Ferdinand II of Bourbon, Corso Vittorio Emanuele begins, showing along its entire axis,

the church of S. Francesco or dell’Immacolata, the former Franciscan convent, with a large terrace that houses a statue of the Virgin and also the monastery of the Savior, dating back to 1706, where the Civic Museum is located. Then you meet the church of S. Chiara and finally you reach the Town Hall square which shows Palazzo Ducezio in an isolated position,

built in 1746 to a design by Vincenzo Sinatra. Opposite, in a symmetrical position, there are two tree-lined flowerbeds which respectively contain the Palchetto della Musica and the Monument to the Fallen flanking the spectacular staircase of the Mother Church, built at the beginning of the eighteenth century.

Adjacent to the Mother Church is the Bishop’s Palace and the Church of the Savior with the adjoining Monastery.

The eighteenth-century Palazzo Landolina di S. Alfano completes the scenography of the square and towards the west the Palazzo Nicolaci Villadorata which marks the beginning of the Nicolaci climb. To remember the famous “infiorata” a particular occasion that sees, every year, one of the most beautiful streets of Noto covered with flowers that form beautiful baroque designs.