Noto, Sicily pictures, photos. Images of Noto Baroque buildings & architecture to buy on line as stock photos or photo art prints. Noto, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1693 on the left bank of River Asinaro, was planned on a grid system by Giovanni Battista Landolina. This new city occupied a position nearer to the Ionian Sea. The presence of architects like Rosario Gagliardi, Francesco Sortino and others, made the new Noto a masterpiece of Sicilian Baroque, dubbed the "Stone... more »Noto, Sicily pictures, photos. Images of Noto Baroque buildings & architecture to buy on line as stock photos or photo art prints. Noto, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1693 on the left bank of River Asinaro, was planned on a grid system by Giovanni Battista Landolina. This new city occupied a position nearer to the Ionian Sea. The presence of architects like Rosario Gagliardi, Francesco Sortino and others, made the new Noto a masterpiece of Sicilian Baroque, dubbed the "Stone Garden" by Cesare Brandi and is currently listed among UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. The new structures are characterized by a soft tufa stone, which under sunlight assumes a typical honey tonality. Parts of the cathedral suddenly collapsed in 1996, and the exterior has recently been rebuilt « less
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