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