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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Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The Staircase of Angels

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

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The church and the college

The two churches

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The articulated interior spaces

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

St. Agatha and the candelore

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

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

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

The city within the city

The Palazzo dei due mori

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

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

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

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

The new roads of the city

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

A casket of precious works

The Franciscan convent

The palace, the town, the church

A heritage of votive works

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Art in the cathedral

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The city palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The casket of austerity under the great dome

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The Church of St. Benedict

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The art of maiolica

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

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

A story of rebirth

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The interior and works of art

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The Church of St. Paul

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The works in the church

The Benedictines’ library

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The church and the monastery

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Luminous sacred spaces

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

City and nature

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Religious architecture

A stone garden

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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.