'Not-old' Baroque town with Arab-Norman churches - Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) 1024 Noto What and Why Noto is a very tiny town but is unexpectedly gorgeous. One of the most photogenic places during this trip. Similar to other Sicilian cities, Noto was occupied by the Arabs in the 9th century CE and then in late 11th century CE, it became the last Islamic stronghold in Sicily ( Italian : Sicilia ) to fall to the Christians. Later it prosper