Photo gallery

Photo gallery

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The Franciscan convent

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The chocolate of Modica

A heritage of votive works

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

A talking palace

The Church of St. Francis

A feast only for Scicli

From International Gothic to present day

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The colours of the cathedral

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Two illustrious patron saints

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Wonderful quick decorations

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

A hall for the feasts

Many owners, one palace

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Benedictines’ library

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

One city, three sites

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

A small room with a golden entrance

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Searching for colour

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The theatre of taste

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A stone garden

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

A colourful floor

The Maiolica of the staircase

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Norman apses

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Burgos crucifix

Prominent façade

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

An eagle-shaped city

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The art of maiolica

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Palazzo dei due mori

The palace, the town, the church

Feast days

The works in the church

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A square as the heart of the city

The church and the college

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The church of Carmine

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Baroque town by the sea

The interior and works of art

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A majestic and luminous church

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Modica, a city with ancient origins

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

A unifying project for the city of Catania

A miniature city

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

A half-Baroque church

The church and the monastery

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The two churches

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

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The city of museums

Feasting in Palazzolo

Luminous sacred spaces

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

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

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

A city in colour

The city palace

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A prominent church

A triumph of colour

The disastrous earthquake

A story of rebirth

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The two churches

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The new roads of the city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The Staircase of Angels

One city, three sites

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

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

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

City and nature

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The articulated interior spaces

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The Church of St. Benedict

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

A new site for a new church

Religious architecture

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Art in the cathedral

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

A symbol for the town

One city, two sites

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Some prestigious works

Some masterpieces

Between white and black

The eagle-shaped city

The city within the city

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

New roads for Catania

St. Agatha and the candelore

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A casket of precious works

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

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

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Church of Madonna della Stella

A long reconstruction