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.

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The interior and works of art

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The art of maiolica

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Benedictines’ library

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The church and the monastery

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

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

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The Church of St. Benedict

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Church of St. Francis

The city palace

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

A story of rebirth

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

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

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

The church and the college

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The two churches

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

Religious architecture

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Luminous sacred spaces

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The Palazzo dei due mori

The articulated interior spaces

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

A casket of precious works

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

St. Agatha and the candelore

The palace, the town, the church

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The new roads of the city

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The expansion of space and changing reality

City and nature

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The city within the city

A heritage of votive works

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The Staircase of Angels

The interior of the church: space and colour

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The eagle-shaped city

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

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

One city, three sites

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

A stone garden

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

Art in the cathedral

The works in the church

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Franciscan convent

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The Church of St. Paul

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio