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The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

hearing
The mermaids’ song and the instruments’ music

The characteristic corbels of these balconies feature depictions of mermaids, musicians and musical instruments, including maracas, a flute and a trumpet.
Staring at us playfully from above, this small orchestra seems to draw our attention and invite us to enter the evocative building.
mensole sirena

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The city within the city

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The Church of St. Francis

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The church and the college

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

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

City and nature

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The palace, the town, the church

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Religious architecture

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The interior of the church: space and colour

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

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

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

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The Franciscan convent

The interior and works of art

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The eagle-shaped city

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A casket of precious works

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The new roads of the city

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

Art in the cathedral

The art of maiolica

The Palazzo dei due mori

A stone garden

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Benedictines’ library

Luminous sacred spaces

A story of rebirth

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Church of St. Paul

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Benedict

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

A heritage of votive works

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The church and the monastery

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

One city, three sites

The city palace

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

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

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The articulated interior spaces

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

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

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

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The two churches

The works in the church