Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

One city, three sites

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The art of maiolica

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The Palazzo dei due mori

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

Between white and black

St. Agatha and the candelore

The interior of the church: space and colour

A talking palace

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Many owners, one palace

The Church of St. Paul

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

From International Gothic to present day

A story of rebirth

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

A miniature city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The interior and its masterpieces

A small room with a golden entrance

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The church and the college

The palace, the town, the church

A half-Baroque church

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The expansion of space and changing reality

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Some prestigious works

The church and the monastery

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

A city in colour

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

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

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

One city, two sites

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

A casket of precious works

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The disastrous earthquake

A prominent church

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Staircase of Angels

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

Religious architecture

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Baroque town by the sea

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Burgos crucifix

The city of museums

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The chocolate of Modica

Wonderful quick decorations

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Art in the cathedral

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The new roads of the city

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

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The Maiolica of the staircase

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

A square as the heart of the city

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Norman apses

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

One city, three sites

A feast only for Scicli

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

Discovering the mother church

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The two churches

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

A heritage of votive works

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

A majestic and luminous church

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The church of Carmine

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Some masterpieces

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

A new site for a new church

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The works in the church

A colourful floor

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

A stone garden

A long reconstruction

The city palace

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Prominent façade

The theatre of taste

Luminous sacred spaces

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The wall comes to life

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The Franciscan convent

The articulated interior spaces

Searching for colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

City and nature

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

An eagle-shaped city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The interior and works of art

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

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

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A symbol for the town

The colours of the cathedral

The Staircase of Angels

The two churches

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The city within the city

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Two illustrious patron saints

The internal colours

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

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

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

A new site for a new city

Feast days

A museum to save a tradition

The Church of St. Benedict

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The eagle-shaped city

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family