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