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