Ragusa

Searching for colour

The interior of the church of San Giuseppe (St. Joseph) is a single large oval-shaped room.
The Friar Alberto Maria di San Giovanni Battista most likely took inspiration for its floor plan from the church of Santa Chiara (St. Claire) in Noto.
The architect friar had two entrances built, one from Piazza Pola and the other directly from the convent for access by the nuns. As you enter the church you are surprised and overwhelmed by its very high ceiling, an effect achieved thanks to the majestic dome and the four windows that fill the space with light.
Ingresso verso l’altare foto dal basso verso l’alto della cupola
As for the walls, they were left white with some golden stucco decoration.
This pallor, however, is immediately broken up by four colourful altars placed along the walls, the painting on the high altar and the vault fresco.

zoom affresco della volta
affresco della volta

The painting with the Holy Family was created by painter Matteo Battaglia from Ragusa and the fresco with the Glory of St. Benedict is the work of Sebastiano Lo Monaco, an artist from Catania.
To add colour to the room, and to create a strong contrast with the white walls, black pietra pece was used for the floor, which features a white limestone decoration.
uno degli altari sulle pareti pavimento

The Staircase of Angels

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The wall comes to life

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The colours of the cathedral

A symbol for the town

Some masterpieces

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A triumph of colour

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Baroque town by the sea

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The disastrous earthquake

A new site for a new city

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Some prestigious works

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A hall for the feasts

The church of Carmine

A prominent church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A half-Baroque church

The theatre of taste

Norman apses

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A majestic and luminous church

New roads for Catania

An eagle-shaped city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Feast days

A museum to save a tradition

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A city in colour

One city, three sites

A colourful floor

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

The internal colours

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A new site for a new church

Searching for colour

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Discovering the mother church

A long reconstruction

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The interior and its masterpieces

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A small room with a golden entrance

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Between white and black

One city, two sites

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

From International Gothic to present day

A talking palace

Feasting in Palazzolo

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The two churches

Two illustrious patron saints

A miniature city

Prominent façade

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

The chocolate of Modica

The city of museums

The Burgos crucifix

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)