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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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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

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The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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City and nature

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

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

Religious architecture

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The interior and works of art

A casket of precious works

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

One city, three sites

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

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

A story of rebirth

The casket of austerity under the great dome

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Staircase of Angels

The Palazzo dei due mori

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

The works in the church

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

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The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The church and the monastery

The art of maiolica

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

A stone garden

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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The Church of St. Benedict

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The two churches

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The church and the college

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

Luminous sacred spaces

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The palace, the town, the church

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The Church of St. Paul

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

The articulated interior spaces

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Art in the cathedral

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The city within the city

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Franciscan convent

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

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

The Benedictines’ library

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

A heritage of votive works

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The Church of St. Francis

The new roads of the city

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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The eagle-shaped city

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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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.