Noto

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The plan of the church of San Domenico is expressed through the synthesis of the longitudinal and central typology, according to a slightly elongated Greek cross layout.
This type of space is difficult to find in Sicilian churches before this time. The large central area formed by the intersection of the axes houses the dome located at the second arcade, which is inserted on four pillars in the shape of a cross.
These are bevelled laterally to create an irregular octagon that supports the dome.
The interior is divided into three naves and other liturgical rooms are joined around the central space inscribed in the dome. In this work of architecture we find the compositional theme of the niche at the entrance which opens directly onto the central nave, juxtaposed with the square-shaped presbyterial area. The diagonal spaces created are lit by an autonomous model from above; Gagliardi inserted a secondary structure of columns and arches on which the five richly frescoed domes are placed.

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The city palace

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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City and nature

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Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Benedictines’ library

The eagle-shaped city

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Barresi-Branciforte: the lords of the fiefdom and the modernisation of the town

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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The interior of the church: space and colour

The works in the church

Views denied, views conquered: the power of the devout Benedictines

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A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The art of maiolica

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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A unifying project for the city of Catania

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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The Franciscan convent

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One city, three sites

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Art in the cathedral

The Palazzo dei due mori

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The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The Badia di Sant’Agata (St. Agatha’s Abbey)

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A casket of precious works

The city within the city

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

A stone garden

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Religious architecture

A story of rebirth

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The palace, the town, the church

The new roads of the city

St. Agatha and the candelore

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

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Luminous sacred spaces

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The Staircase of Angels

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The interior and works of art

The Church of St. Francis

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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The Church of St. Benedict

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The articulated interior spaces

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The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The two churches

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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Reconstruction after the earthquake

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