Ragusa

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

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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.

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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.

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

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

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

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

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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The art of maiolica

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The articulated interior spaces

A heritage of votive works

The church and the college

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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The Benedictines’ library

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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The city within the city

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St. Agatha and the candelore

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A story of rebirth

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The works in the church

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The Franciscan convent

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

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Religious architecture

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The city palace

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

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The new roads of the city

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

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Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

City and nature

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From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

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The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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The Church of St. Benedict

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The Church of St. Francis

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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

The Staircase of Angels

The two churches

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

The Church of St. Paul

A unifying project for the city of Catania

One city, three sites

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A stone garden

The interior and works of art

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The expansion of space and changing reality

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

Art in the cathedral

The palace, the town, the church