Photo gallery

Photo gallery

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The eagle-shaped city

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Altars, saints and sculptural works

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Palazzo dei due mori

A symbol for the town

The Church of St. Benedict

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The new roads of the city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Franciscan convent

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Between white and black

New roads for Catania

The art of maiolica

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Religious architecture

Two illustrious patron saints

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A colourful floor

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Prominent façade

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The chocolate of Modica

A city in colour

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

Feasting in Palazzolo

The two churches

Wonderful quick decorations

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A square as the heart of the city

The church and the monastery

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The city within the city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A majestic and luminous church

A half-Baroque church

The church of Carmine

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

A museum to save a tradition

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Luminous sacred spaces

The articulated interior spaces

A miniature city

The interior of the church: space and colour

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A feast only for Scicli

The city palace

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

A talking palace

The city of museums

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A small room with a golden entrance

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

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

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

The interior and works of art

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The colours of the cathedral

Some prestigious works

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

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

The Church of St. Francis

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

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

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The internal colours

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

A stone garden

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Church of St. Paul

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Benedictines’ library

One city, two sites

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

A casket of precious works

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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

The Burgos crucifix

City and nature

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

One city, three sites

The Staircase of Angels

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

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The works in the church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The palace, the town, the church

Norman apses

The theatre of taste

A story of rebirth

Feast days

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

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The wall comes to life

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

Art in the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Searching for colour

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The church and the college

One city, three sites

The interior and its masterpieces

A new site for a new city

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The disastrous earthquake

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

Some masterpieces

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

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

A triumph of colour

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A long reconstruction

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

A heritage of votive works

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

An eagle-shaped city

St. Agatha and the candelore

The casket of austerity under the great dome

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Baroque town by the sea

The Staircase of Angels

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The two churches

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

From International Gothic to present day

Discovering the mother church

A hall for the feasts

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family