Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The wall comes to life

Feast days

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The Palazzo dei due mori

The Baroque town by the sea

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

City and nature

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

Luminous sacred spaces

Religious architecture

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

A talking palace

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Wonderful quick decorations

A colourful floor

Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Art in the cathedral

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The chocolate of Modica

The Staircase of Angels

The city palace

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The interior of the church: space and colour

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Church of St. Francis

The expansion of space and changing reality

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A heritage of votive works

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A long reconstruction

The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

The art of maiolica

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The colours of the cathedral

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The church of Carmine

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Many owners, one palace

Between white and black

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

A unifying project for the city of Catania

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The city within the city

The interior and its masterpieces

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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

The eagle-shaped city

St. Agatha and the candelore

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The Church of St. Benedict

An eagle-shaped city

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

A new site for a new city

A casket of precious works

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The church and the college

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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

A hall for the feasts

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

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

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A story of rebirth

A prominent church

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A triumph of colour

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A symbol for the town

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Franciscan convent

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

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

The internal colours

The Church of St. Paul

Some masterpieces

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The two churches

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

A stone garden

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Searching for colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The works in the church

The palace, the town, the church

Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

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

The Burgos crucifix

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The two churches

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

A majestic and luminous church

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The articulated interior spaces

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Staircase of Angels

Modica, a city with ancient origins

New roads for Catania

The Benedictines’ library

Norman apses

The new roads of the city

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

From International Gothic to present day

Some prestigious works

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A city in colour

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The disastrous earthquake

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The church and the monastery

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

The casket of austerity under the great dome

A feast only for Scicli

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

One city, three sites

Discovering the mother church

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

One city, three sites

Prominent façade

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

A small room with a golden entrance

A half-Baroque church

The theatre of taste

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Two illustrious patron saints

A museum to save a tradition

The city of museums

The interior and works of art

A miniature city