Ragusa

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

sight
Portals as front curtains

The entrance portal to the Palazzo della Cancelleria stands out from the façade, occupying a large part of it. It unravels like a front curtain, ready to welcome an equally admirable scene inside. It is animated by the mixtilinear trabeation that surmounts it.

touch
Pietra pece, a rock from Ragusa with multiple uses

Pietra pece is one of the most commonly used materials in the Hyblaean landscape.
Also called bituminous rock, this stone takes on different shades of grey and brown and is characterised by veins and surface irregularities.
Touching the stone is the best way to appreciate its nature.

The Staircase of Angels

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

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

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

One city, three sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The city palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Church of St. Francis

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The city within the city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The new roads of the city

The works in the church

The church and the college

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

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

The Palazzo dei due mori

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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

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

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

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The Benedictines’ library

A story of rebirth

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Art in the cathedral

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The art of maiolica

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

A unifying project for the city of Catania

A heritage of votive works

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Religious architecture

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The two churches

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

A casket of precious works

The eagle-shaped city

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Luminous sacred spaces

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

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

The palace, the town, the church

The articulated interior spaces

St. Agatha and the candelore

City and nature

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The church and the monastery

A stone garden

The Church of St. Benedict

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

The Franciscan convent

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The interior and works of art

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