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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

The Staircase of Angels

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Benedictines’ library

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The city within the city

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Palazzo dei due mori

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Franciscan convent

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

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

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The two churches

The interior of the church: space and colour

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

City and nature

A casket of precious works

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The eagle-shaped city

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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

The Church of St. Benedict

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The articulated interior spaces

The works in the church

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The church and the college

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

Art in the cathedral

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The casket of austerity under the great dome

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

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The art of maiolica

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

The palace, the town, the church

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

One city, three sites

A story of rebirth

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

A stone garden

Luminous sacred spaces

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The interior and works of art

St. Agatha and the candelore

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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

The city palace

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

Religious architecture

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The church and the monastery

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

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

The Church of St. Paul

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The new roads of the city

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

A heritage of votive works

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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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.