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