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