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