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
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.