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