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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The articulated interior spaces

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

The Church of St. Benedict

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

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

One city, three sites

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The city within the city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

The eagle-shaped city

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A story of rebirth

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Benedictines’ library

The casket of austerity under the great dome

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

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

City and nature

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The two churches

Art in the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The expansion of space and changing reality

Religious architecture

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

A casket of precious works

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The church and the college

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The Palazzo dei due mori

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

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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

Luminous sacred spaces

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The palace, the town, the church

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The art of maiolica

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

The Franciscan convent

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The interior and works of art

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The city palace

The Church of St. Francis

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

The new roads of the city

A stone garden

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The works in the church

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

The church and the monastery

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

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

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

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A heritage of votive works

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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

The Church of St. Paul

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

The interior of the church: space and colour