Mount Alveria is a mountain located in the Province of Siracusa , south-eastern Sicily , Italy . This mountainside has been inhabited since prehistoric times . The Elymians lived there before the 10th century B.C . They were followed by the Sicani and then the Siculians . Many Bronze age artefacts have been found in this locality . One of the oldest archeological sites in the area is the Necropolis of Castelluccio though to date from the 17th-15th centuries BC . The Roman Villa of Tellaro has also been excavated on Mount Alveria . Mount Alveria was the original site of the city of Noto . Noto was relocated to a more level site 10 kilometres away after the earthquake of 1693 . The ruins of the old city of Noto , known today as Noto Antica , still remain on a ridge on the mountainside
earthquake of 1693
1693 Sicily earthquake
Mount Alveria