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