Caltagirone

A museum to save a tradition

In 1965, the Museum of Ceramics was founded in order to save a centuries-old tradition. Located on one of the main streets, Via Roma, the location was refurbished before the inauguration.
It has a special entrance, a 19th-century portico that rests on a tall raised structure accessed by a series of staircases. The maiolica decorations make it extra special, embellishing and adding colour to the façade.
The museum contains pottery from the Greek age until the beginning of the 20th century, including collections of Arab, Norman, Suevian and Aragonese artefacts.

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The pottery is exhibited in four large rooms, where there are around 2500 artefacts and work from the ancient, medieval, post-medieval and modern worlds. The collections mostly come from the Civic Museum of Caltagirone and the “ Luigi Sturzo “, State Institute of Art for Ceramics, but also from other Sicilian museums such as the Russo-Perez collection or from private collectors including Professor Antonino Ragona.

New roads for Catania

St. Sebastian, so much work!

An eagle-shaped city

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The theatre of taste

The two churches

Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction

A prominent church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the staircase of Santa Maria del Monte

A new site for a new city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore

A feast only for Scicli

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A new site for a new church

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A talking palace

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The church of Carmine

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A colourful floor

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A long reconstruction

A triumph of colour

Searching for colour

Some prestigious works

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Discovering the mother church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque

Many owners, one palace

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A square as the heart of the city

Two illustrious patron saints

One city, two sites

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Some masterpieces

The Staircase of Angels

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The disastrous earthquake

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

Norman apses

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A miniature city

From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Feast days

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A hall for the feasts

One city, three sites

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The chocolate of Modica

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A symbol for the town

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Maiolica of the staircase

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Baroque town by the sea

The internal colours

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

From International Gothic to present day

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A city in colour

A majestic and luminous church