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 Benedetto

The Palazzo dei due mori

The palace, the town, the church

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

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

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Benedictines’ library

St. Agatha and the candelore

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

A heritage of votive works

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The church and the college

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

One city, three sites

The Church of St. Benedict

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The art of maiolica

A stone garden

A story of rebirth

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The interior of the church: space and colour

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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

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

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome

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

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The city palace

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

Religious architecture

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

Art in the cathedral

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

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

Luminous sacred spaces

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

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

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The Franciscan convent

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Staircase of Angels

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

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Reconstruction after the earthquake

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The new roads of the city

City and nature

The two churches

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The works in the church

The Church of St. Paul

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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

The interior and works of art

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The city within the city

The church and the monastery

A casket of precious works

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The articulated interior spaces

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion