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