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 of Palazzo della Cancelleria

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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

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

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Luminous sacred spaces

The Benedictines’ library

The works in the church

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Church of St. Benedict

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

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

One city, three sites

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The Palazzo dei due mori

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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

The city palace

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Church of St. Francis

The palace, the town, the church

The art of maiolica

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The eagle-shaped city

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The interior and works of art

Religious architecture

The articulated interior spaces

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

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

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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

The church and the college

The Church of St. Paul

A casket of precious works

The city within the city

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The Staircase of Angels

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

A stone garden

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

City and nature

Art in the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The two churches

The Franciscan convent

The expansion of space and changing reality

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

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

A heritage of votive works

The new roads of the city

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

A story of rebirth

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The church and the monastery