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