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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 church and the monastery

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Luminous sacred spaces

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

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

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Religious architecture

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The works in the church

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

A casket of precious works

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The Church of St. Benedict

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The eagle-shaped city

The Church of St. Paul

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

A stone garden

The expansion of space and changing reality

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

City and nature

The Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The palace, the town, the church

The city palace

The city within the city

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The new roads of the city

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

The Palazzo dei due mori

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

A heritage of votive works

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

The Franciscan convent

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The art of maiolica

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The articulated interior spaces

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Staircase of Angels

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

The two churches

A story of rebirth

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The interior and works of art

The interior of the church: space and colour

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The casket of austerity under the great dome

One city, three sites

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

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Art in the cathedral

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The church and the college

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

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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.