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The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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Furnishing and innovation

The furniture used to furnish the houses of wealthy families followed the fashion of the time.
Louis XV style spread between 1720 and 1760 and was a revolution in furnishing that reflected the luxurious and refined lifestyle of the French nobility.
It was a period of great innovation in woodworking techniques.
There was a preference for slender, light and highly decorated structures inspired by the Italian and German Rococo.

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The Staircase of Angels

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City and nature

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Art in the cathedral

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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The new roads of the city

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One city, three sites

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The eagle-shaped city

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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The smallest Greek theatre in the world

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Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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St. Agatha and the candelore

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A stone garden

Religious architecture

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A Nobel Prize in Modica

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