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