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