Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

sight

The evocative panorama over the city

One of the best features of this church is undoubtedly its loggia dome.
From the cantoria, or chancel, once only accessible to the nuns, you can admire the impressive 360 degree panorama.
A magnificent view allows you to admire the former monastery and the historic centre of Catania in their entirety.

hearing

The songs of the Benedictine nuns

During the feast of St. Agatha, the statue of Catania’s patron saint would be carried in front of the church and left there for some time so that from above, behind the gratings, the devout Benedictine nuns could honour the Saint with singing and prayer.
Currently the rite continues at the church of San Benedetto (St. Benedict), the new home of the Benedictine nuns.

Next step The church and the monastery

One city, three sites

A heritage of votive works

The new roads of the city

The Badia di Sant’Agata (St. Agatha’s Abbey)

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

A casket of precious works

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The church and the monastery

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Palazzo dei due mori

The articulated interior spaces

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

St. Agatha and the candelore

The interior of the church: space and colour

The expansion of space and changing reality

City and nature

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The church and the college

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Views denied, views conquered: the power of the devout Benedictines

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Religious architecture

The city palace

Verticality and dynamism of the façade of the Church of San Carlo

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The two churches

The works in the church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Maria del Monte

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Art in the cathedral

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

A stone garden

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The palace, the town, the church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Sanctuary Church of Santa Maria della Stella

The Church of St. Benedict

The eagle-shaped city

The church of San Nicolò l’Arena: the majesty of an unfinished beauty

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The neo-Gothic seminary chapel: symbols, light and space

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The art of maiolica

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

A story of rebirth

The interior and works of art

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Barresi-Branciforte: the lords of the fiefdom and the modernisation of the town

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and the Church of San Nicolò l’Arena

The Benedictines’ library

The Franciscan convent

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Carlo and the former Jesuit college

Piazza Duomo, the elephant fountain, the heart of the city

Luminous sacred spaces

The Staircase of Angels

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The freedom of worship and the Catholic Church’s role in the diffusion of Baroque

Geometry and wonder in civic architecture in the Baroque of the Val di Noto

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Duomo di San Giorgio (Cathedral of St. George)

The city within the city

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Badia di Sant’Agata

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Informazioni

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MiC – Ministero della Cultura Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.

Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.

Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.