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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.

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The interior and works of art

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The works in the church

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

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

The two churches

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The church and the college

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The articulated interior spaces

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Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Church of St. Paul

Art in the cathedral

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The eagle-shaped city

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

A heritage of votive works

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Franciscan convent

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The art of maiolica

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Church of St. Francis

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Benedictines’ library

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

A story of rebirth

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The city within the city

The Staircase of Angels

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

The church and the monastery

Religious architecture

One city, three sites

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

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

The new roads of the city

The interior of the church: space and colour

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Luminous sacred spaces

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

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

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The expansion of space and changing reality

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

The Palazzo dei due mori

City and nature

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The city palace

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

A casket of precious works

The Church of St. Benedict

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The casket of austerity under the great dome

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The palace, the town, the church

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

A stone garden