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Extract from the Noto Travel Guides:
The real highlight of any tour of the Baroque southeast, despite the collapse of its duomo, is further afield at
NOTO
. Easily the most harmonious post-earthquake creation, for a time, in the mid-nineteenth century, it replaced Siracusa as that region's provincial capital. Indeed, despite its architectural identification with the Baroque towns around Ragusa, Noto is best reached from Siracusa - around half an hour's journey by bus or train. Planned and laid out by Giovanni Battista Landolina, adorned by Gagliardi, there's not a town to touch Noto for uniform excellence in design and execution. Sadly it has long been afflicted by polluti...
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