Thursday, May 30, 2019

SICILY - unesco heritage city of NOTO

the next stop at our journey through sicily (sizilien) was the baroque (barock) unesco heritage city of NOTO in the syracuse province in southeastern sicily.
the theatre
the triskelion 'trinacria' showing the head of medusa (=monster) with 3 legs and 3 wheat ears is the flag of (the autonomous province) sicily since 1282 after the successful revolt against the french king charles I of anjou.
prudentia + justitia
let's climb up to the roof of this beautiful church
cathedral
cafe bar amarcord, what a great place to eat and drink :-)
arts 😄
town hall
coat of arms of noto
the (yearly) flower festival
what an interesting exhibition ...
flags of sicily + italy
lido di noto is the the approximately 6 km distant beach of noto at the ionian sea
hey there :-)
two of us ~ good-bye, noto 💗
more pictures here.
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