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.

Art in the cathedral

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

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

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The eagle-shaped city

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

The two churches

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

A casket of precious works

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The articulated interior spaces

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The city palace

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

St. Agatha and the candelore

The works in the church

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The Staircase of Angels

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A stone garden

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Luminous sacred spaces

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The Church of St. Paul

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The art of maiolica

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

A story of rebirth

The new roads of the city

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

Religious architecture

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

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

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Church of St. Francis

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Benedictines’ library

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

The palace, the town, the church

The city within the city

The interior and works of art

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The Franciscan convent

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

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

One city, three sites

The church and the college

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

The church and the monastery

A heritage of votive works

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The Palazzo dei due mori

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The expansion of space and changing reality

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The Church of St. Benedict

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

City and nature

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria