Militello in Val di Catania

Flattened by the 1693 earthquake, Militello was rebuilt with a wealth of baroque churches and palaces, and it is now one of the eight late baroque towns of the Val di Noto on the UNESCO list. It lies on the last northern slopes of the Hyblaean Mountains, was named Borgo dei Borghi for 2025 and is the birthplace of television host Pippo Baudo.

Highlights

• The Barresi Branciforte castle and its 17th-century Fountain of the Nymph Zizza
• Santa Maria la Vetere, with a portal carved by Antonello Gagini in 1506
• The treasury of Santa Maria della Stella, with sacred silverware from four centuries
• The town's place among the late baroque towns of the Val di Noto (IT)
• The Ossena waterfalls, fed by the Oxena stream south of town

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