Caltagirone

The senses tell the story of the Church and Convent of San Francesco d’Assisi all’Immacolata

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Sandstone

Sandstone, also called pietra pece because of its shades of very dark grey, is a very ancient sedimentary rock. It dates back to the Cenozoic Era, which ranges from 65 million to around 2 million years ago.
The colour of this sedimentary rock is given by the percentage of bitumen varying from 4% to 10%, a characteristic that make it suitable for damp places and flooring.pietra arenaria

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An asymmetrical element on the façade

As you look at the façade of the Church of San Francesco d’Assisi all’Immacolata, you will notice an interesting curved element similar to an apse that creates an asymmetric effect, the Chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento Ritrovato.
The interior of the chapel is equally scenic, enriched by stuccoes and decorated ceramic flooring.

The Benedictines’ library

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The new roads of the city

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The Franciscan convent

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

A story of rebirth

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Staircase of Angels

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

The art of maiolica

The interior and works of art

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The articulated interior spaces

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The city within the city

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The palace, the town, the church

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Art in the cathedral

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

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

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The eagle-shaped city

The works in the church

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

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

A casket of precious works

St. Agatha and the candelore

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The expansion of space and changing reality

One city, three sites

The church and the college

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

City and nature

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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

Luminous sacred spaces

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The Church of St. Paul

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

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

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Reconstruction after the earthquake

A heritage of votive works

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The city palace

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Religious architecture

The Church of St. Benedict

The church and the monastery

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

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

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The Church of St. Francis

A stone garden

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The two churches

The Palazzo dei due mori

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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