Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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Furnishing and innovation

The furniture used to furnish the houses of wealthy families followed the fashion of the time.
Louis XV style spread between 1720 and 1760 and was a revolution in furnishing that reflected the luxurious and refined lifestyle of the French nobility.
It was a period of great innovation in woodworking techniques.
There was a preference for slender, light and highly decorated structures inspired by the Italian and German Rococo.

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The two churches

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The palace, the town, the church

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

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

The new roads of the city

Religious architecture

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

One city, three sites

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The interior and works of art

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Art in the cathedral

A story of rebirth

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The interior of the church: space and colour

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

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

A heritage of votive works

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

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Staircase of Angels

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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

The Franciscan convent

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The city within the city

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

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The church and the college

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Luminous sacred spaces

The works in the church

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

St. Agatha and the candelore

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

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

The Benedictines’ library

City and nature

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Church of St. Paul

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The articulated interior spaces

The city palace

The Palazzo dei due mori

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Church of St. Francis

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A stone garden

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The Church of St. Benedict

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The church and the monastery

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The expansion of space and changing reality

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

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

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

The art of maiolica

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

A casket of precious works

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MiC – Ministero della Cultura Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.

Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.

Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.