Catania

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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In memory of Bellini

The church has an unbreakable bond with music.
The cathedral of St. Agatha is not only home to a magnificent organ, now located above the entrance, but it also houses the remains of the great composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). Though he died very young, he was recognised as one of the greatest composers of his time.
The artist’s tomb was created in 1876 by Giovanni Battista Tassara and is located next to one of the pillars of the right nave.

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The difference between marble and lava stone

differenza tra il marmo e la pietra lavicaMarble and lava stone, which have very different physical and aesthetic characteristics, are the two most common materials in the construction of the Cathedral of Sant’Agata (St. Agatha).
This contrast, which is already perceptible to the naked eye, becomes immediately clear when touching the materials: the marble is smooth and cold, and the lava stone porous and warm.

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Scenography and wonder

The cathedral of Sant’Agata (St. Agatha) is set in a truly unique environmental and architectural context. Its scenographic composition never fails to amaze.
Your gaze will meander through the domes, the multiple viewpoints offered by the square, and Etna in the background. Its unique beauty changes continuously according to your vantage point.

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Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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The interior and works of art

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The articulated interior spaces

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

A heritage of votive works

The city within the city

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Art in the cathedral

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

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Religious architecture

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The church and the monastery

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

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

The Church of St. Benedict

The city palace

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

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The church and the college

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

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

A casket of precious works

The Church of St. Paul

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Palazzo dei due mori

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The eagle-shaped city

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The works in the church

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Franciscan convent

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

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

The Benedictines’ library

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

City and nature

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The two churches

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

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

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

A story of rebirth

The new roads of the city

The palace, the town, the church

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

A stone garden

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

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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

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

Luminous sacred spaces

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The Staircase of Angels

The art of maiolica

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The interior of the church: space and colour