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Noto (Sicilian: Notu, Latin: Neetum and Netum) is a city and comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily (Italy). Its located 32 km southwest of the city of Syracuse at the foot of the Iblean Mountains and gives its name to the surrounding area,Val di Noto. In 2002 Noto and its church were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The older town, Noto Antica, lies 8 km directly north on Mount Alveria. It was ancient Netum, a city of Sicel origin, left to Hiero II by the Romans by the treaty of 263 BCE and mentioned by Cicero as a foederala citilas (Verr. v. 51, 133), and by Pliny as Latinae conditionis (Hist. Nat. iii. 8. 14). According to legend, Daedalus stopped here after his flight over the Ionian Sea, as well as Hercules, after his seventh task.
In the Roman era, it opposed praetor Verres. In 866 it was conquered by the Arabs, who elevated to a capital city of one of three districts of the island (the Val di Noto). Later it was a rich Norman city.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the city brought forth several notable intellectual figures, including Giovanni Aurispa, jurists Andrea Barbazio and Antonio Corsetto, as well as the architect Matteo Carnelivari and the minor composer Mario Capuana. In 1503 king Ferdinand III gave it the title of civitas ingeniosa ("ingenious city"). In the following centuries, the city expanded enlarging its medieval limits; and new buildings, churches and convents were built. These, however, were all totally destroyed by the 1693 earthquake. The devastation of the city on Mount Alveria was accompanied by its economy[clarification needed], which relied mainly on agricultural products– vine, oil, cereals, rice, cotton– and its renowned handicrafts.
Que te dit ton coeur, lui qui ne demande qu'à voir
Au-delà des leurres, des fruits du hasard
Il est des mystères, des songes qui parfois t'égarent
Comme en une prière, il suffit de croire
Quel est le visage qu'adoptera ton destin
De son début jusqu'à la fin
Il suffit de croire
Observe les présages qui jalonnent ton chemin
Que te dit ton coeur, lui qui ne demande qu'à voir
Au-delà des leurres, des fruits du hasard
Refrain:
Entre les lignes, Kechef Touha
Y voir un signe, Min Al Rabba
Frôler les cimes, Fi Rouhouqa
Toucher l'infime, Al Tarika
Tout près de la Terre
Les yeux caressant le ciel
Cherchent l'éphémère en une étincelle
J'attends cette fleur
Ce doux don de l'éternel
Qui, dès qu'il se meurt
Sonne comme un rappel
Quel est le visage qu'adoptera ton destin
De son début jusqu'à la fin
Il suffit de croire
Observe les présages qu jalonnent ton chemin
Et t'expriment des lendemains
Sonnent comme un rappel
Refrain
Certaines vérités empruntent de singulières voix
Il suffit de croire
Fuit la cécité et soit éclairé dans tes choix
Dans les courbes que dressent tes pas