Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The city within the city

Discovering the mother church

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

One city, three sites

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The freedom of worship and the Catholic Church’s role in the diffusion of Baroque

Feasting in Palazzolo

The city of museums

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Luminous sacred spaces

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

New roads for Catania

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The Burgos crucifix

The city palace

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The Staircase of Angels

Wonderful quick decorations

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Prominent façade

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

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The senses tell the story of the Sanctuary Church of Santa Maria della Stella

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

A stone garden

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

The two churches

A heritage of votive works

A square as the heart of the city

The church of San Nicolò l’Arena: the majesty of an unfinished beauty

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The eagle-shaped city

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

A half-Baroque church

A colourful floor

A talking palace

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A city in colour

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

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

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

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Geometry and wonder in civic architecture in the Baroque of the Val di Noto

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The church and the monastery

Searching for colour

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The neo-Gothic seminary chapel: symbols, light and space

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The new roads of the city

The church of Carmine

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The Staircase of Angels

The internal colours

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The chocolate of Modica

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

A new site for a new church

Norman apses

The Benedictines’ library

The art of maiolica

Some masterpieces

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

A new site for a new city

Feast days

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Religious architecture

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Piazza Duomo, the elephant fountain, the heart of the city

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A hall for the feasts

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Many owners, one palace

The Church of St. Paul

An eagle-shaped city

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The wall comes to life

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The works in the church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A majestic and luminous church

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The Palazzo dei due mori

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

Between white and black

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The interior and works of art

The theatre of taste

A triumph of colour

The disastrous earthquake

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The articulated interior spaces

The interior of the church: space and colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Carlo and the former Jesuit college

The interior and its masterpieces

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Baroque town by the sea

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Duomo di San Giorgio (Cathedral of St. George)

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The church and the college

Two illustrious patron saints

A prominent church

Verticality and dynamism of the façade of the Church of San Carlo

A casket of precious works

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The palace, the town, the church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Some prestigious works

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A small room with a golden entrance

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

A feast only for Scicli

A long reconstruction

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Church of St. Benedict

One city, three sites

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

City and nature

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Art in the cathedral

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

One city, two sites

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The two churches

The casket of austerity under the great dome

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A story of rebirth

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

A symbol for the town

The Franciscan convent

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and the Church of San Nicolò l’Arena

The expansion of space and changing reality

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

A museum to save a tradition