Editing Noto (section)

===Archaeological sites===
The remains of Noto's ancient structures are almost entirely hidden beneath the ruins of the mediaeval town, except for three chambers cut into the rock. One is noted by an inscription in the library at Noto to have belonged to a gymnasium, while the other two were ''heroa'' (shrines of heroes). Explorations have discovered four cemeteries dating to the third [[Sicel]] period and one from the [[Architecture of Ancient Greece|Greek]] period. Among other finds are [[catacomb]]s of the Christian period and several [[Byzantine]] tombs.

About {{convert|4|mi|km|0|order=flip}} south of Noto, on the left bank of the Tellaro (Helorus) river, stands a stone column about {{convert|10|m|ft}} high, which is believed to be a memorial to the surrender of [[Nicias]]. In the 3rd century BC, a tomb was excavated in the rectangular area which surrounds it, destroying an apparently pre-existing tomb. Remnants of a later burial site belonging to the necropolis of the small town of [[Helorus]], {{convert|750|m|ft}} to the southeast, have been discovered. The [[Villa Romana del Tellaro]] is a [[Roman villa]] located south of Noto.