Ragusa

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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The ancient depictions for San Giorgio

The scenic staircase of the church of San Giorgio hosted performances of plays about the patron saint until the 18th century.
The stories performed on the staircase, used as an open-air stage, told of the chivalrous deeds of “Giorgio di Capocci” who freed the Queen of Berito from the Dragon, but there were also other comedies, tragedies and operas.

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The Feast of St. George

On the occasion of the feast of St. George, the Mother Church becomes even more lively and scenic thanks to festive decorations made with old red drapes and flower arrangements.
During the feast the statue of St. George and the Holy Ark are taken out of the niches above the side doors and transported to the sides of the transept to be admired by worshippers before the procession.
festa di San Giorgio

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The limestone of the Gagini altarpiece

The Gagini altarpiece is made entirely of limestone, the most widespread stone in the territory of Ragusa and Modica, extracted from the Hyblaean quarries.
Touching this work would allow us to understand the consistency of the soft limestone, which, thanks to the skilful work of the sculptors, becomes malleable and bestows a near-realistic three-dimensionality upon the work.
santo a cavallo

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

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

The city palace

One city, three sites

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Art in the cathedral

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Religious architecture

A stone garden

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The palace, the town, the church

The art of maiolica

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The Church of St. Francis

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

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

St. Agatha and the candelore

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The Franciscan convent

Luminous sacred spaces

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The Benedictines’ library

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The church and the monastery

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

City and nature

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The Staircase of Angels

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The works in the church

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

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

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

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

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The new roads of the city

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The interior of the church: space and colour

The eagle-shaped city

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The two churches

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

A heritage of votive works

A casket of precious works

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The Palazzo dei due mori

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The articulated interior spaces

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

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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

The city within the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Church of St. Benedict

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The church and the college

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

A story of rebirth

The interior and works of art