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