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