Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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Corbels and masks

Baroque civic architecture is marked by some strongly characteristic elements, including the corbels that support the balconies.
The stone elements embedded in the wall were worked by master stonemasons into the most imaginative shapes.

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Rococo fabrics and furnishings

The house had to reflect the importance of the family that lived there, so it was essential to oversee all the details in the interior decoration, especially in the reception rooms.
The rooms were decorated in the French Rococo style in vogue at the time, especially in the choice of furniture and precious fabrics.

The interior and works of art

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The articulated interior spaces

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

City and nature

The expansion of space and changing reality

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

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

A casket of precious works

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

The Church of St. Benedict

Religious architecture

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The eagle-shaped city

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

One city, three sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The Benedictines’ library

The city within the city

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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

The city palace

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

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

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Francis

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The Franciscan convent

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

St. Agatha and the candelore

Reconstruction after the earthquake

A heritage of votive works

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Staircase of Angels

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

The palace, the town, the church

The works in the church

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

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

The church and the college

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The two churches

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

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

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The church and the monastery

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

Luminous sacred spaces

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Art in the cathedral

A stone garden

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The new roads of the city

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

The Palazzo dei due mori

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Church of St. Paul

A story of rebirth

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The art of maiolica

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi