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The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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Furnishing and innovation

The furniture used to furnish the houses of wealthy families followed the fashion of the time.
Louis XV style spread between 1720 and 1760 and was a revolution in furnishing that reflected the luxurious and refined lifestyle of the French nobility.
It was a period of great innovation in woodworking techniques.
There was a preference for slender, light and highly decorated structures inspired by the Italian and German Rococo.

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The Church of St. Paul

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The city palace

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The two churches

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Staircase of Angels

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

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

St. Agatha and the candelore

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The works in the church

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The palace, the town, the church

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

A casket of precious works

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The Church of St. Benedict

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

One city, three sites

Luminous sacred spaces

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

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The Franciscan convent

The church and the college

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The Palazzo dei due mori

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The art of maiolica

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The church and the monastery

The interior and works of art

A heritage of votive works

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

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

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Benedictines’ library

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

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

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

A story of rebirth

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

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

The interior of the church: space and colour

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

City and nature

The articulated interior spaces

A stone garden

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Art in the cathedral

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The city within the city

The new roads of the city

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Religious architecture

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

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

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix