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The senses tell the Church of San Michele

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Stuccoes, floors and geometric decorations

The interior of the church is defined by numerous decorations featuring a geometric design. For example, the floor is made with two-tone tiles and is inscribed within the elliptical plan.
The apsidal vault is decorated with small octagons, and the frescoes on the vault are divided by bands that echo the pattern of the small octagons on the apsidal vault.
It is interesting to note how all these geometric elements, with their simple shapes, give a sense of order within the dynamic spatiality typical of Baroque church interiors.

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

The art of maiolica

St. Agatha and the candelore

Luminous sacred spaces

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The interior of the church: space and colour

The articulated interior spaces

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The interior and works of art

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The works in the church

The church and the college

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

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

The two churches

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

A casket of precious works

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

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

Art in the cathedral

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The church and the monastery

City and nature

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The Church of St. Francis

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

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

A stone garden

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

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

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Palazzo dei due mori

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The Church of St. Benedict

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The Staircase of Angels

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The city within the city

The new roads of the city

The Benedictines’ library

One city, three sites

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Religious architecture

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

A heritage of votive works

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The city palace

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The Franciscan convent

The palace, the town, the church

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

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

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The Church of St. Paul

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

The expansion of space and changing reality

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

A story of rebirth