Photo gallery

Photo gallery

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Baroque town by the sea

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Feasting in Palazzolo

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Some masterpieces

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The casket of austerity under the great dome

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Luminous sacred spaces

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

The theatre of taste

The expansion of space and changing reality

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the Sanctuary Church of Santa Maria della Stella

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Two illustrious patron saints

A casket of precious works

New roads for Catania

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

A story of rebirth

A long reconstruction

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

One city, two sites

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The interior and its masterpieces

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

One city, three sites

Reconstruction after the earthquake

A heritage of votive works

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Church of St. Benedict

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A square as the heart of the city

The internal colours

Searching for colour

The Staircase of Angels

The freedom of worship and the Catholic Church’s role in the diffusion of Baroque

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The neo-Gothic seminary chapel: symbols, light and space

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The eagle-shaped city

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Staircase of Angels

The interior of the church: space and colour

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The church of Carmine

A new site for a new city

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Discovering the mother church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Piazza Duomo, the elephant fountain, the heart of the city

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The church and the college

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The church and the monastery

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Maria del Monte

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and the Church of San Nicolò l’Arena

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Geometry and wonder in civic architecture in the Baroque of the Val di Noto

The art of maiolica

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A city in colour

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

St. Agatha and the candelore

A museum to save a tradition

The works in the church

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

A Nobel Prize in Modica

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The colours of the cathedral

A hall for the feasts

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore

A miniature city

The new roads of the city

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The city within the city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Art in the cathedral

From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours

Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction

The Church of St. Paul

The palace, the town, the church

A small room with a golden entrance

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Religious architecture

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

A new site for a new church

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A unifying project for the city of Catania

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Badia di Sant’Agata

Barresi-Branciforte: the lords of the fiefdom and the modernisation of the town

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The church of San Nicolò l’Arena: the majesty of an unfinished beauty

The city palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

The Benedictines’ library

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

A talking palace

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Badia di Sant’Agata (St. Agatha’s Abbey)

The Franciscan convent

A feast only for Scicli

Verticality and dynamism of the façade of the Church of San Carlo

The interior and works of art

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Views denied, views conquered: the power of the devout Benedictines

Feast days

City and nature

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Prominent façade

The two churches

The articulated interior spaces

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Norman apses

The disastrous earthquake

From International Gothic to present day

The Duomo di San Giorgio (Cathedral of St. George)

The Palazzo dei due mori

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

A colourful floor

Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell the story of the staircase of Santa Maria del Monte

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Carlo and the former Jesuit college

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The city of museums

A stone garden

The Burgos crucifix

The chocolate of Modica

An eagle-shaped city