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