Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The interior of the church: space and colour

A prominent church

A heritage of votive works

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Staircase of Angels

The Benedictines’ library

A majestic and luminous church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The disastrous earthquake

A triumph of colour

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The expansion of space and changing reality

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

A stone garden

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The theatre of taste

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Religious architecture

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Between white and black

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

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

From International Gothic to present day

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The city of museums

The two churches

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

An eagle-shaped city

The internal colours

Altars, saints and sculptural works

One city, three sites

A story of rebirth

The Franciscan convent

One city, two sites

The Church of St. Paul

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The church of Carmine

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The art of maiolica

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Prominent façade

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The Church of St. Francis

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A casket of precious works

St. Agatha and the candelore

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Feasting in Palazzolo

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The church and the monastery

City and nature

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Art in the cathedral

The interior and its masterpieces

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

Discovering the mother church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Wonderful quick decorations

The Baroque town by the sea

The Church of St. Benedict

The Burgos crucifix

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

A small room with a golden entrance

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

Searching for colour

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The palace, the town, the church

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

A colourful floor

The interior and works of art

A half-Baroque church

Some prestigious works

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Staircase of Angels

The Palazzo dei due mori

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The articulated interior spaces

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The eagle-shaped city

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

The two churches

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

A hall for the feasts

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The chocolate of Modica

Feast days

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

A new site for a new city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The new roads of the city

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

A square as the heart of the city

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The works in the church

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new site for a new church

New roads for Catania

Some masterpieces

A city in colour

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

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

Norman apses

The wall comes to life

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Many owners, one palace

The city within the city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

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

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

One city, three sites

The colours of the cathedral

A talking palace

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Luminous sacred spaces

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

The church and the college

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

A miniature city

The city palace

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

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

A long reconstruction

A symbol for the town