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