Noto

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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A stone garden

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The Benedictines’ library

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San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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Reconstruction after the earthquake

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City and nature

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Religious architecture

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

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Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The works in the church

The palace, the town, the church

Luminous sacred spaces

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

One city, three sites

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The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

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

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Church of St. Benedict

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

A story of rebirth

The expansion of space and changing reality

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A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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The city palace