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