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作者コメント シチリア島東南部にある８つの町の街並みが世界遺産登録を受けているのである。これらの町は普通に現在も居住者が多く存在している町である。世界遺産の町で今も生活をしている人々がいる、何か不思議だなと思いました。１度は訪れてみたいですね。 菅野勇輝
1. What
country is Sicily
in?
2. What sea is Sicily
facing?
Late Baroque Towns
of the Valdi Noto,South-eastern Sicily
Inscribed :1979 Criteria: C (iii)
The eight towns in south-eastern Sicily: Caltagirone, Militello Val di
Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli, were all
rebuilt after 1693 on or beside towns existing at the time of the earthquake
which took place in that year. They represent a considerable collective
undertaking, successfully carried out at a high level of architectural and
artistic achievement. Keeping within the late Baroque style of the day, they
also depict distinctive innovations in town planning and urban building.
Late Baroque Towns of Val di
Noto(South-eastern Sicily) (Bryggen Foundation)
 This
group of towns in south-eastern Sicily
provides outstanding testimony to the exuberant genius of late Baroque art
and architecture. The towns of the Val di Noto
represent the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe. The exceptional quality of the late
Baroque art and architectur e in the Val di Noto lies in its geographical and
chronological homogeneity, as well as its quantity, the result of the 1693
earthquake in this region. The eight towns of south-eastern Sicily that make
up this nomination, which are characteristic of the settlement pattern and
urban form of this region, are permanently at risk from earthquakes and
eruptions of Mount Etna. Val di Noto is a geographical area of south east Sicily; it is
dominated by the limestone Iblean plateau. In 1693 the entire area was
decimated by an enormous earthquake.The area’s people
represent a considerable collective undertaking, successfully carried out at
a high level of architectural and artistic achievement. The area's towns were
rebuilt in what came to be known as the Sicilian Baroque style; most notable
the town of Noto itself, which is now a tourist attraction on account of its
fine Baroque architecture. The ancient town of Akrai
(Palazzolo Acreide) was founded in 664 BCE: it was the first colony of the
Corinthian settlement at Syracuse.
The Syracusans were currently expanding their power over the Sicilian
interior. Little recorded the ruined town was rediscovered by the historian
Tommaso Fazello at the end of 16th century. Further excavations in the early
19th century by Baron Gabriele Iudica, unearthed important facts concerning
the early history of eastern Sicily.
In June 2002, UNESCO inscribed eight old towns of the Val di Noto on the
World Heritage List as "representing the culmination and final flowering
of Baroque art in Europe". The towns
inscribed are Caltagirone, Militello in Val di Catania, Catania, Modica,
Noto, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa, and Scicli.Now there are 120,000 people in
South-eastern Sicily.They live as usual in these towns.
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Notes
chronological
年代上の、年代順の
homogeneity
同種、同質、均質
Mount Etna
エトナ山
Palazzolo Acreide
パラッツォーロ・アクレイデ（シチリア州の共同体）
testimony
証拠、宣言、聖書
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