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