Photo gallery

Photo gallery

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The palace, the town, the church

Between white and black

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The articulated interior spaces

A half-Baroque church

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Art in the cathedral

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Many owners, one palace

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new site for a new church

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

A small room with a golden entrance

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Burgos crucifix

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A hall for the feasts

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Palazzo dei due mori

The internal colours

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

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

A museum to save a tradition

Luminous sacred spaces

The art of maiolica

The church and the monastery

City and nature

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The casket of austerity under the great dome

A symbol for the town

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Some masterpieces

The church of Carmine

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The city of museums

A square as the heart of the city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

A story of rebirth

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The city within the city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Staircase of Angels

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A stone garden

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Searching for colour

The wall comes to life

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The theatre of taste

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

From International Gothic to present day

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

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

One city, three sites

The disastrous earthquake

New roads for Catania

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The city palace

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Baroque town by the sea

The interior and works of art

A majestic and luminous church

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

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

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

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

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

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Prominent façade

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

A colourful floor

A city in colour

An eagle-shaped city

A long reconstruction

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The colours of the cathedral

A heritage of votive works

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The Church of St. Paul

One city, three sites

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

A feast only for Scicli

The Maiolica of the staircase

A triumph of colour

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

A casket of precious works

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The interior and its masterpieces

The Church of St. Francis

The two churches

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The new roads of the city

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

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

The Benedictines’ library

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Norman apses

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

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Feast days

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Discovering the mother church

One city, two sites

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The church and the college

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The interior of the church: space and colour

The two churches

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Religious architecture

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

The Staircase of Angels

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

A new site for a new city

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

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

The Franciscan convent

The works in the church

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

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

Two illustrious patron saints

Wonderful quick decorations

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

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

The Church of St. Benedict

A talking palace

A prominent church

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Barresi-Branciforte lords