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The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

hearing
The mermaids’ song and the instruments’ music

The characteristic corbels of these balconies feature depictions of mermaids, musicians and musical instruments, including maracas, a flute and a trumpet.
Staring at us playfully from above, this small orchestra seems to draw our attention and invite us to enter the evocative building.
mensole sirena

A heritage of votive works

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The church and the monastery

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Luminous sacred spaces

The city palace

The palace, the town, the church

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

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

The interior and works of art

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

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

A stone garden

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Church of St. Francis

A story of rebirth

The Palazzo dei due mori

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

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

The Church of St. Benedict

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The new roads of the city

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The eagle-shaped city

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The church and the college

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A casket of precious works

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The articulated interior spaces

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

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

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The Staircase of Angels

A Nobel Prize in Modica

One city, three sites

The expansion of space and changing reality

The works in the church

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Religious architecture

City and nature

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Franciscan convent

The Benedictines’ library

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

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

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The art of maiolica

The city within the city

Art in the cathedral

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

The Church of St. Paul

The two churches

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

Reconstruction after the earthquake

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona