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