Tellaro
The Tellaro is a river in the southeast of Sicily, the most considerable which occurs between Syracuse and Cape Pachynum. It is 49 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 384 square kilometres.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Italy
- Also known as: “Fiume Tellaro”, “Fiume Tellaro di Noto”, “Helorus”, “Tellaro River”, and “Torrente Tellaro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Helorus and Calamosche beach.
Helorus
Photo: Gmelfi, Public domain.
Helorus, Heloros, Helorum, or Elorus, was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia in Sicily, situated near the east coast, about 40 km south of Syracuse and on the banks of the river of the same name.
Villa Romana del Tellaro
Archaeological site
The Villa Romana del Tellaro is a large, elaborate Roman villa dating from the late Roman Empire. It is also known as the villa of Caddeddi, the name of the locality. It is located south of Noto in the province of Syracuse, Sicily in southern Italy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lido di Noto and Calabernardo.
Lido di Noto
Village
Photo: Azotoliquido, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lido di Noto is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Tellaro.
Calabernardo
Village
Photo: Azotoliquido, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Calabernardo is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Tellaro.
Noto
Photo: Pjt56, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Noto is a city in Sicily, Italy, one of the eight world heritage listed "Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto".
Tellaro
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Tellaro” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Helorus”
- Catalan: “Abisso”
- Catalan: “Riu Heloros”
- Chinese: “赫洛拉斯河”
- Chuvash: “Телларо”
- Dutch: “Helorus”
- French: “Tellaro”
- German: “Tellaro”
- Irish: “Helorus”
- Italian: “Tellaro fiume”
- Italian: “Tellaro”
- Russian: “Телларо”
- Russian: “Элорус”
- Sicilian: “Tellaru”
- Spanish: “Elorus”
- Spanish: “Heloros”
- Spanish: “Helorus”
- Spanish: “rio Heloros”
- Spanish: “río Heloros”
- Spanish: “Río Heloros”
- Spanish: “rio Tellaro”
- Spanish: “río Tellaro”
- Spanish: “Tellaro”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Banca and Piccio.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Resti di Eloro and Eloro Beach.
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