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