Ragusa

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.

Next step The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Luminous sacred spaces

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The church and the monastery

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The new roads of the city

Religious architecture

The city palace

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The Church of St. Paul

The interior of the church: space and colour

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

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

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

A casket of precious works

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

The Staircase of Angels

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

A heritage of votive works

The works in the church

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

A story of rebirth

The city within the city

The Church of St. Francis

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

The Benedictines’ library

The Palazzo dei due mori

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

The two churches

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Art in the cathedral

The eagle-shaped city

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

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

The interior and works of art

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

The palace, the town, the church

A stone garden

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The Church of St. Benedict

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

City and nature

The art of maiolica

The articulated interior spaces

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The Franciscan convent

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The church and the college

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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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.