The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo
A Nobel Prize in Modica
The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours
The disastrous earthquake
A unifying project for the city of Catania
The illusion of light and the decorative splendour
The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista
The Staircase of Angels
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto
The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces
Baroque creativity: recurring themes
The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics
Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family
A feast only for Scicli
The Franciscan convent
The articulated interior spaces
The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion
The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum
The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore
San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church
The Church of St. Francis
A hall for the feasts
The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso
San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work
Discovering the mother church
Between white and black
The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio
The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto
New roads for Catania
The colours of the cathedral
The Maiolica of the staircase
Connections with other UNESCO sites
The church of Carmine
The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and the Church of San Nicolò l’Arena
The city of museums
The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout
The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara
A museum to save a tradition
Views denied, views conquered: the power of the devout Benedictines
A city in colour
The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism
The Baroque town by the sea
Geometry and wonder in civic architecture in the Baroque of the Val di Noto
Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape
The Badia di Sant’Agata (St. Agatha’s Abbey)
The eagle-shaped city
Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town
The two churches
The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano
A stone garden
Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction
The Palazzo dei due mori
Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights
Art in the cathedral
City and nature
The theatre of taste
The casket of austerity under the great dome
Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha
The art of maiolica
The city palace
The Benedictines’ library
The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio
The works in the church
The neo-Gothic seminary chapel: symbols, light and space
The Duomo di San Giorgio (Cathedral of St. George)
The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain
A symbol for the town
Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin
Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration
A long reconstruction
Some masterpieces
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo
Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom
From International Gothic to present day
Norman apses
The wall comes to life
Many owners, one palace
A prominent church
One city, three sites
A small room with a golden entrance
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi
The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara
Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo
A new site for a new church
Modica, a city with ancient origins
Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi
One city, three sites
The façade used as a puppet theatre
St. Agatha and the giant candelabras
The palace, the town, the church
The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria
St. Sebastian, so much work!
The two churches
The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci
The smallest Greek theatre in the world
Feast days
The chocolate of Modica
The Burgos crucifix
The church and the college
From St. Thomas to St. Joseph
Verticality and dynamism of the façade of the Church of San Carlo
Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family
The city within the city
From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble
Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto
A heritage of votive works
The senses tell the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata
Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto
A new palace for the La Rocca lords
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto
The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition
The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena
The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata
The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento
Two illustrious patron saints
Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo
The church and the monastery
Altars, saints and sculptural works
Feasting in Palazzolo
The senses tell the Church of San Michele
The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista
The senses tell the story of the Church of the Badia di Sant’Agata
The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe
Luminous sacred spaces
The senses tell the story of the Sanctuary Church of Santa Maria della Stella
A half-Baroque church
Limestone, the colour of harmony
A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque
A story of rebirth
The Church of St. John the Evangelist
The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Maria del Monte
The Staircase of Angels
Prominent façade
The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro
Wonderful quick decorations
Reconstruction after the earthquake
Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century
The Church of Madonna della Stella
Some prestigious works
The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns
The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano
The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation
A new site for the church of San Giorgio
A casket of precious works
The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata
St. Agatha and the candelore
A miniature city
A Nobel Prize in Modica
A new site for a new city
The dynamics of the Church of San Michele
Religious architecture
The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)
Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque
A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)
A majestic and luminous church
The Church of St. Benedict
Virtuosity, decorations and altars
The Barresi-Branciforte lords
A colourful floor
The character of Badia Sant’Agata
Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond
Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom
The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio
The Church of St. Paul
The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco
Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista
Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library
A design by Vincenzo Sinatra
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Carlo and the former Jesuit college
The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi
The senses tell the story of the staircase of Santa Maria del Monte
The freedom of worship and the Catholic Church’s role in the diffusion of Baroque
San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public
The church of San Nicolò l’Arena: the majesty of an unfinished beauty
A square as the heart of the city
The expansion of space and changing reality
Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao
Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?
Searching for colour
An eagle-shaped city
Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery
The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers
Barresi-Branciforte: the lords of the fiefdom and the modernisation of the town
From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours
A talking palace
Piazza Duomo, the elephant fountain, the heart of the city
The new roads of the city
Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century
Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town
Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico
The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca
The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception
The interior and works of art
The internal colours
The senses tell the Church of San Domenico
The interior and its masterpieces
The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona
The interior of the church: space and colour
Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.
