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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

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The eagle-shaped city

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

The Benedictines’ library

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Palazzo dei due mori

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Church of St. Paul

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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 Sanctuary Church of Santa Maria della Stella

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The palace, the town, the church

The articulated interior spaces

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Church of St. Francis

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

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

The works in the church

The interior and works of art

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

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

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

A heritage of votive works

The Staircase of Angels

The Franciscan convent

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

A story of rebirth

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Luminous sacred spaces

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

A casket of precious works

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

The art of maiolica

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

City and nature

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

A stone garden

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

One city, three sites

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The new roads of the city

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The church and the monastery

Religious architecture

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

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

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The city within the city

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

Art in the cathedral

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The Church of St. Benedict

The two churches

St. Agatha and the candelore

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

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

The church and the college

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico