Noto

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

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Scenographic sights and cinema

The Baroque architecture has often been chosen by directors as a film set because of the enchanting views it offers over the city.
The terrace of the bell tower of the Church of San Carlo was chosen by the director Michelangelo Antonioni for his 1960 film “L’avventura” (The Adventure) with Monica Vitti and Gabriele Ferzetti.

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Lime, a precious material of Noto tradition

Lime, derived from hard limestone, is one of the oldest building materials.
Already used by the ancient Romans, it is widely used in the territories of Noto.
Lime is formed of a compact white limestone that is cooked at a very high temperature, losing weight and releasing carbon dioxide through a process called carbonatation.
In order to be used properly it must be wet, i.e. it must undergo a further hydration phase, extinguishing the quicklime in water for at least three days before its use.

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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

The palace, the town, the church

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Church of St. Benedict

The expansion of space and changing reality

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The city palace

The two churches

St. Agatha and the candelore

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The art of maiolica

The interior of the church: space and colour

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Altars, saints and sculptural works

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

One city, three sites

The casket of austerity under the great dome

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

The new roads of the city

The Church of St. Francis

Art in the cathedral

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The eagle-shaped city

The Benedictines’ library

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The interior and works of art

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

A casket of precious works

Luminous sacred spaces

The works in the church

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

A heritage of votive works

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The city within the city

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

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

The Church of St. Paul

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

Religious architecture

The Palazzo dei due mori

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The articulated interior spaces

The Franciscan convent

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

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

A story of rebirth

A stone garden

City and nature

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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

The church and the monastery

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The church and the college

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

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration