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In its territory are the ruins of the towns and the necropolis of Pantàlica, the ancient Hybla. The town of Sortìno belonged in feudal times to the Moncadas and the Eredias and, after 1477, for about three centuries, to the Barons Gaetani. Already seriously damaged by an earthquake in 1542, it was razed to the ground by the earthquake in 1693. It wasrebuilt not far away, in its present site, on the top of a hill, Cugno del Rizzo. Here are the buildings of historical and artistic interest in Sortino.

The Chiesa di Sant' Antonio Abate or del Collegio, built in 1742, has in the vaults frescoes by Giuseppe Crestadoro (1778). The Chiesa Madre, San Giovanni Evangelista, was totally rebuilt in 1734 after being destroyed by an earthquake. It has frescoes in the vault and in the cupola of the apse, two paintings by Crestadoro, St John the Evangelist and The Virgin and St Gaetano, and The Deposition and St Michael, attributed to Vito D' Anna. The 18th c. Chiesa dell' Annunziata contains frescoes by Crestadoro and a panel painting, The Annunciation, by an unknown artist. There are more frescoes by Crestadoro to admire in the Chiesa di San Sebastiano. In the Chiesa del Monastero di Montevergine, rebuilt in the second half of the 18th c., there are works by Sebastiano Lo Monaco: The Driving of the Merchants from the Tempie and The Triumph of Faith. A fine majolica floor represents The Miracle of the Fish.