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.

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome

A story of rebirth

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The interior of the church: space and colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The church and the monastery

The city within the city

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The art of maiolica

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St. Agatha and the candelore

The Franciscan convent

A heritage of votive works

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

City and nature

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

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The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

A stone garden

Luminous sacred spaces

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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The two churches

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The Church of St. Paul

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Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The city palace

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

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

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

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

The Benedictines’ library

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Religious architecture

The palace, the town, the church

One city, three sites

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Art in the cathedral

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The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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The church and the college

The articulated interior spaces

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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The Church of St. Benedict

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Staircase of Angels

The interior and works of art

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The new roads of the city

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The works in the church

The eagle-shaped city

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

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A casket of precious works

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The expansion of space and changing reality

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A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Palazzo dei due mori

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces