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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One city, three sites

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The Franciscan convent

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The art of maiolica

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Church of St. Francis

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The two churches

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

A stone garden

The works in the church

The church and the college

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

A story of rebirth

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The Staircase of Angels

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

The Church of St. Benedict

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The city palace

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

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

The articulated interior spaces

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Luminous sacred spaces

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

City and nature

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Art in the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Church of St. Paul

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

A casket of precious works

A heritage of votive works

The church and the monastery

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

Religious architecture

St. Agatha and the candelore

The palace, the town, the church

The new roads of the city

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

The city within the city

The casket of austerity under the great dome

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Benedictines’ library

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The Palazzo dei due mori

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The interior and works of art

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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.