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