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.

Next step The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

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

The eagle-shaped city

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The two churches

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

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

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

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

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

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The palace, the town, the church

The Church of Madonna della Stella

St. Agatha and the candelore

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

A stone garden

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

One city, three sites

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The city within the city

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

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

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The new roads of the city

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The art of maiolica

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Palazzo dei due mori

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

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

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

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The church and the college

The church and the monastery

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The city palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Religious architecture

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

The Franciscan convent

A heritage of votive works

Luminous sacred spaces

A casket of precious works

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The works in the church

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The interior and works of art

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A story of rebirth

Art in the cathedral

The Church of St. Francis

The Staircase of Angels

The articulated interior spaces

The Church of St. Benedict

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

The expansion of space and changing reality

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Church of St. Paul

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

City and nature

The Benedictines’ library

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The interior of the church: space and colour

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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.