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
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.
