Photo gallery

Photo gallery

City and nature

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The articulated interior spaces

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A stone garden

The Baroque town by the sea

Some masterpieces

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Religious architecture

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A symbol for the town

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The palace, the town, the church

A heritage of votive works

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

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

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

St. Agatha and the candelore

Prominent façade

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

The church of Carmine

The Benedictines’ library

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The colours of the cathedral

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Palazzo dei due mori

A story of rebirth

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

A long reconstruction

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

Norman apses

Some prestigious works

The interior and works of art

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Church of St. Benedict

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

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

The city within the city

Feast days

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The church and the monastery

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Church of St. Francis

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The works in the church

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The two churches

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Discovering the mother church

Wonderful quick decorations

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

A hall for the feasts

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

A miniature city

A unifying project for the city of Catania

A new site for a new city

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

An eagle-shaped city

A small room with a golden entrance

The disastrous earthquake

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Luminous sacred spaces

A feast only for Scicli

A half-Baroque church

Between white and black

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

A square as the heart of the city

The internal colours

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

The new roads of the city

Art in the cathedral

Searching for colour

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The chocolate of Modica

The Staircase of Angels

A majestic and luminous church

The city of museums

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Church of St. Paul

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The interior and its masterpieces

A city in colour

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

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

The wall comes to life

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Two illustrious patron saints

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

One city, three sites

The church and the college

A prominent church

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

One city, three sites

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Burgos crucifix

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The eagle-shaped city

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

A casket of precious works

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The two churches

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

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

One city, two sites

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

The expansion of space and changing reality

A new site for a new church

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

A colourful floor

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Feasting in Palazzolo

The city palace

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The art of maiolica

The Franciscan convent

The theatre of taste

A talking palace

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

From International Gothic to present day

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso