Noto

The interior and works of art

The interior of the church is preceded by an oval vestibule placed transversally to the major longitudinal axis divided into three naves marked by arcades with Corinthian half columns and covered by a barrel vault with lunettes.
The vault is frescoed with three large works circumscribed by curvilinear frames attributed to Costantino Carasi depicting the Transfiguration, the Healing of the Paralysed Man and in the centre, in the largest fresco, the Triumph of Agnus Dei.

Other frescoes are present on the pendentives of the dome with depictions of the Evangelists, and below are four statues representing the cardinal virtues: Temperance, Fortitude, Justice and Prudence.
In the chancel, above the entrance of the church, there is a finely crafted 18th-century organ.

The church also houses numerous paintings including “Il sacrificio di Isacco” (The Sacrifice of Isaac), “San Carlo Borromeo visita gli appestati” (St. Charles Borromeo visits the plague victims), and “Ignazio De Loyola” (Ignatius of Loyola) from the 18th century.
The majestic main altar from the ancient Jesuit church of Noto antica is characterised by the triumph of golden rays that encroach upon the trabeation above: In the centre of these, enclosed between small yellow marble columns, there is a statuette of Christ. Finally, placed at its sides there are two marble statues by sculptor Giuseppe Giuliano symbolising Faith and Hope.

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The church and the college

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Art in the cathedral

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The two churches

Religious architecture

A stone garden

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The church and the monastery

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The art of maiolica

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Church of St. Paul

The articulated interior spaces

The Church of St. Francis

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Church of St. Benedict

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The works in the church

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

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

A heritage of votive works

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

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

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

A story of rebirth

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Staircase of Angels

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

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

The eagle-shaped city

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

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

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

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The new roads of the city

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The expansion of space and changing reality

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

A casket of precious works

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

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

City and nature

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The city within the city

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

St. Agatha and the candelore

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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

The Palazzo dei due mori

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Benedictines’ library

One city, three sites

Luminous sacred spaces

The city palace

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The interior and works of art

The palace, the town, the church

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The Franciscan convent

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria