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