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term, and it does not refer to a "valley" as is usual in
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a grid pattern.. Many of the individual towns were rebuilt to have a unique character, such as the town of
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The towns were rebuilt in what came to be known as the
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Geographical, historical and cultural regions of Italy
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City of
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Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern
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Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.)
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1176:with 17 other countries
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1023:Necropolis of Pantalica
958:Royal Palace of Caserta
755:Orto botanico di Padova
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1042:Countrywide
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932:Herculaneum
895:Alberobello
872:Val d'Orcia
670:Sacri Monti
457:Val di Noto
405:Caltagirone
387:Present day
371:Archaeology
354:Grammichele
346:renaissance
334:Grammichele
245:Val di Noto
199: /
174:Coordinates
148:2002 (26th
145:Inscription
81:Caltagirone
20:Val di Noto
1232:Categories
1185:Montenegro
1014:Mount Etna
905:Appian Way
733:Conegliano
694:Monferrato
660:Landscapes
614:Sabbioneta
519:References
315:Corinthian
187:15°4′8.1″E
1148:with the
1123:Palmanova
1087:Benevento
817:Tarquinia
813:Cerveteri
718:Dolomites
704:Northeast
580:Northwest
358:hexagonal
275:limestone
135:Reference
1168:Slovenia
1150:Holy See
1019:Syracuse
937:Oplontis
827:Florence
729:Prosecco
712:Aquileia
628:Palmaria
461:Sicilian
319:Syracuse
309:, near
278:Hyblaean
259:Province
126:Criteria
74:Includes
59:Location
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1202:36°53′N
1181:Croatia
1164:Germany
1156:Austria
1118:Bergamo
1069:Spoleto
1054:Brescia
986:Islands
971:Pompeii
919:Paestum
795:Central
770:Ravenna
723:Ferrara
658:Bernina
652:in the
636:Tinetto
497:vilayet
492:Turkish
480:wilāyah
465:Italian
463:and in
413:Catania
401:Baroque
348:style.
342:baroque
299:History
281:plateau
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150:Session
139:1024rev
86:Catania
1170:, and
1160:France
946:Naples
867:Urbino
847:Pienza
803:Assisi
780:Verona
775:Venice
686:Langhe
654:Albula
610:Mantua
503:calque
474:Arabic
459:is in
433:Scicli
431:, and
429:Ragusa
417:Modica
393:UNESCO
271:Sicily
116:Scicli
111:Ragusa
96:Modica
64:Sicily
51:Sicily
1179:with
1154:with
1142:with
923:Velia
887:South
862:Siena
690:Roero
605:Ivrea
593:Genoa
508:shire
487:ولاية
476:term
439:Notes
306:Akrai
68:Italy
1183:and
1021:and
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939:and
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852:Rome
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