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 city within the city

The palace, the town, the church

A casket of precious works

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

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

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

A stone garden

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The church and the monastery

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

The expansion of space and changing reality

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The Church of St. Francis

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

A heritage of votive works

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The city palace

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Religious architecture

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The new roads of the city

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The Palazzo dei due mori

Luminous sacred spaces

The eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The interior and works of art

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

A story of rebirth

The works in the church

Art in the cathedral

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

The two churches

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

The Franciscan convent

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

City and nature

One city, three sites

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The Benedictines’ library

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The articulated interior spaces

The church and the college

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

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

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

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The art of maiolica

The Church of St. Benedict

St. Agatha and the candelore

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome