Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Between white and black

The internal colours

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

A majestic and luminous church

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Church of St. Benedict

City and nature

A symbol for the town

The articulated interior spaces

The expansion of space and changing reality

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Religious architecture

Some prestigious works

A small room with a golden entrance

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

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

The interior and works of art

The church of Carmine

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Baroque town by the sea

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

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The colours of the cathedral

A miniature city

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

A stone garden

From International Gothic to present day

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The works in the church

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The church and the college

Prominent façade

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Palazzo dei due mori

The two churches

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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

One city, three sites

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Franciscan convent

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

A museum to save a tradition

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Norman apses

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

A heritage of votive works

The interior and its masterpieces

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A new site for a new city

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The disastrous earthquake

A prominent church

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

Searching for colour

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

One city, two sites

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A city in colour

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Luminous sacred spaces

The wall comes to life

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

A half-Baroque church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A triumph of colour

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The city within the city

A square as the heart of the city

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

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

A casket of precious works

The Burgos crucifix

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A colourful floor

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Art in the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Discovering the mother church

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The art of maiolica

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

New roads for Catania

A talking palace

The Staircase of Angels

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

The two churches

A hall for the feasts

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Feast days

An eagle-shaped city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Church of St. Francis

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

A long reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The eagle-shaped city

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The chocolate of Modica

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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

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

The city palace

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

The Church of St. Paul

A new site for a new church

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

The palace, the town, the church

A story of rebirth

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The Staircase of Angels

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Some masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The theatre of taste

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The new roads of the city

Wonderful quick decorations

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Feasting in Palazzolo

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Two illustrious patron saints

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The church and the monastery

The Benedictines’ library

One city, three sites