Noto

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

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Scenographic sights and cinema

The Baroque architecture has often been chosen by directors as a film set because of the enchanting views it offers over the city.
The terrace of the bell tower of the Church of San Carlo was chosen by the director Michelangelo Antonioni for his 1960 film “L’avventura” (The Adventure) with Monica Vitti and Gabriele Ferzetti.

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Lime, a precious material of Noto tradition

Lime, derived from hard limestone, is one of the oldest building materials.
Already used by the ancient Romans, it is widely used in the territories of Noto.
Lime is formed of a compact white limestone that is cooked at a very high temperature, losing weight and releasing carbon dioxide through a process called carbonatation.
In order to be used properly it must be wet, i.e. it must undergo a further hydration phase, extinguishing the quicklime in water for at least three days before its use.

The interior of the church: space and colour

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The palace, the town, the church

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

Art in the cathedral

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

The Franciscan convent

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

City and nature

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Luminous sacred spaces

The interior and works of art

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The city palace

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

A heritage of votive works

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The Church of St. Benedict

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

A casket of precious works

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

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

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

The city within the city

A stone garden

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A story of rebirth

The eagle-shaped city

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The art of maiolica

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

The two churches

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

One city, three sites

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

Religious architecture

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The church and the college

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The Palazzo dei due mori

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Benedictines’ library

The articulated interior spaces

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

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The Church of St. Francis

The works in the church

The church and the monastery

The new roads of the city

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns