Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Two illustrious patron saints

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

A half-Baroque church

A new site for a new church

The church of Carmine

The palace, the town, the church

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A symbol for the town

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

The Church of St. Benedict

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Many owners, one palace

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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

A triumph of colour

A long reconstruction

The church and the college

Luminous sacred spaces

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

A museum to save a tradition

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The Franciscan convent

City and nature

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The chocolate of Modica

The Palazzo dei due mori

The wall comes to life

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

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Reconstruction after the earthquake

A miniature city

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Wonderful quick decorations

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The articulated interior spaces

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

Searching for colour

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Benedictines’ library

Art in the cathedral

A square as the heart of the city

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

The works in the church

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

One city, two sites

The new roads of the city

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

The Staircase of Angels

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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

The Staircase of Angels

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The Church of St. Francis

An eagle-shaped city

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

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

The city palace

Some prestigious works

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The interior of the church: space and colour

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

A city in colour

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The expansion of space and changing reality

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

One city, three sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

One city, three sites

The theatre of taste

Norman apses

The Burgos crucifix

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

The internal colours

St. Agatha and the candelore

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

A talking palace

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The colours of the cathedral

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

The art of maiolica

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The city within the city

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

From International Gothic to present day

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

New roads for Catania

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

Prominent façade

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A casket of precious works

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

A majestic and luminous church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The two churches

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

The city of museums

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

A stone garden

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

The church and the monastery

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Religious architecture

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The disastrous earthquake

A small room with a golden entrance

The two churches

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

A feast only for Scicli

The eagle-shaped city

Feast days

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A colourful floor

The interior and works of art

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Church of St. Paul

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Maiolica of the staircase

A heritage of votive works

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

A story of rebirth

A hall for the feasts

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Some masterpieces

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The interior and its masterpieces

Discovering the mother church

Between white and black

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A prominent church