Ragusa

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

hearing
The mermaids’ song and the instruments’ music

The characteristic corbels of these balconies feature depictions of mermaids, musicians and musical instruments, including maracas, a flute and a trumpet.
Staring at us playfully from above, this small orchestra seems to draw our attention and invite us to enter the evocative building.
mensole sirena

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

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The city within the city

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The Church of Madonna della Stella

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

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

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

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The works in the church

The art of maiolica

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Church of St. Paul

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

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

The interior and works of art

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The interior of the church: space and colour

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

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

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

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

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

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

Luminous sacred spaces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Religious architecture

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The new roads of the city

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

A heritage of votive works

The Palazzo dei due mori

The church and the college

One city, three sites

The palace, the town, the church

The eagle-shaped city

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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

The Franciscan convent

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Church of St. Francis

A stone garden

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The city palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A casket of precious works

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The two churches

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Art in the cathedral

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Church of St. Benedict

A story of rebirth

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The church and the monastery

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The articulated interior spaces

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

City and nature

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