Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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Corbels and masks

Baroque civic architecture is marked by some strongly characteristic elements, including the corbels that support the balconies.
The stone elements embedded in the wall were worked by master stonemasons into the most imaginative shapes.

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Rococo fabrics and furnishings

The house had to reflect the importance of the family that lived there, so it was essential to oversee all the details in the interior decoration, especially in the reception rooms.
The rooms were decorated in the French Rococo style in vogue at the time, especially in the choice of furniture and precious fabrics.

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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

One city, three sites

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

City and nature

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

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

Art in the cathedral

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Luminous sacred spaces

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The works in the church

The palace, the town, the church

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

A story of rebirth

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

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The two churches

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

A casket of precious works

The church and the college

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

The new roads of the city

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Religious architecture

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

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

The Palazzo dei due mori

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

A stone garden

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Staircase of Angels

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The Benedictines’ library

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Franciscan convent

The art of maiolica

The articulated interior spaces

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Church of St. Benedict

A heritage of votive works

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The city within the city

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The expansion of space and changing reality

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The city palace

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The interior and works of art

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

The casket of austerity under the great dome

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The Church of St. Francis

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

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

The interior of the church: space and colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The church and the monastery

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano