Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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Corbels and masks

Baroque civic architecture is marked by some strongly characteristic elements, including the corbels that support the balconies.
The stone elements embedded in the wall were worked by master stonemasons into the most imaginative shapes.

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Rococo fabrics and furnishings

The house had to reflect the importance of the family that lived there, so it was essential to oversee all the details in the interior decoration, especially in the reception rooms.
The rooms were decorated in the French Rococo style in vogue at the time, especially in the choice of furniture and precious fabrics.

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The Franciscan convent

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

The city palace

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The church and the monastery

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Church of St. Paul

One city, three sites

A casket of precious works

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Benedictines’ library

Altars, saints and sculptural works

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The articulated interior spaces

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The church and the college

The interior and works of art

The city within the city

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The new roads of the city

The Palazzo dei due mori

The art of maiolica

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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

A stone garden

The palace, the town, the church

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

Religious architecture

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

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

City and nature

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A story of rebirth

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

St. Agatha and the candelore

The works in the church

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Art in the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Luminous sacred spaces

The Church of St. Benedict

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The two churches

A heritage of votive works

The Staircase of Angels

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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

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

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

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

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

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

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition