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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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A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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The new roads of the city

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Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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City and nature

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

Religious architecture

The Palazzo dei due mori

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Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Luminous sacred spaces

The two churches

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

A heritage of votive works

The casket of austerity under the great dome

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One city, three sites

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

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The church and the college

Art in the cathedral

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

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The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The Church of St. Benedict

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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

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

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

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The Franciscan convent

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The interior and works of art

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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Virtuosity, decorations and altars

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The interior of the church: space and colour

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Benedictines’ library

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The eagle-shaped city

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

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Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

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Reconstruction after the earthquake

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The city within the city

The expansion of space and changing reality

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

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Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Church of St. Francis

The city palace

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The art of maiolica

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The palace, the town, the church

A story of rebirth

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The Church of St. Paul

St. Agatha and the candelore

A casket of precious works

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

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A stone garden

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Staircase of Angels

The articulated interior spaces