Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico
The Church of St. John the Evangelist
Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family
Two illustrious patron saints
The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours
Feasting in Palazzolo
The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco
One city, three sites
The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara
From St. Thomas to St. Joseph
The articulated interior spaces
Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha
The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena
The senses tell the story of the Sanctuary Church of Santa Maria della Stella
The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore
The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces
A talking palace
A new site for the church of San Giorgio
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 casket of austerity under the great dome
Piazza Duomo, the elephant fountain, the heart of the city
Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors
The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout
San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public
A majestic and luminous church
A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque
A small room with a golden entrance
Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque
Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao
A city in colour
Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town
The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Maria del Monte
A square as the heart of the city
Some prestigious works
Virtuosity, decorations and altars
The Staircase of Angels
The Burgos crucifix
Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century
The church of Carmine
Modica, a city with ancient origins
The two churches
Prominent façade
From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble
The art of maiolica
The city of museums
The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona
Reconstruction after the earthquake
The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara
The city palace
The Church of Madonna della Stella
A design by Vincenzo Sinatra
The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista
The Palazzo dei due mori
Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin
The character of Badia Sant’Agata
The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano
The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio
Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond
Barresi-Branciforte: the lords of the fiefdom and the modernisation of the town
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista
The senses tell the Church of San Michele
The Franciscan convent
The two churches
The expansion of space and changing reality
The senses tell the Church of San Domenico
Some masterpieces
Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom
The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain
City and nature
Baroque creativity: recurring themes
Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral
New roads for Catania
Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery
The senses tell the story of the Church of the Badia di Sant’Agata
The church of San Nicolò l’Arena: the majesty of an unfinished beauty
The Baroque town by the sea
Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights
The interior and its masterpieces
Geometry and wonder in civic architecture in the Baroque of the Val di Noto
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista
The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento
A new site for a new city
An eagle-shaped city
A colourful floor
The wall comes to life
From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours
Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto
The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio
The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)
From International Gothic to present day
The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto
A miniature city
A Nobel Prize in Modica
The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition
A feast only for Scicli
Wonderful quick decorations
The interior and works of art
The Benedictines’ library
Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix
Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town
Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library
The Staircase of Angels
The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation
A stone garden
Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration
Norman apses
The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum
The palace, the town, the church
Art in the cathedral
The new roads of the city
The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca
San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church
The church and the college
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi
The senses tell the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata
Altars, saints and sculptural works
A hall for the feasts
Religious architecture
The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion
The church and the monastery
The smallest Greek theatre in the world
A symbol for the town
St. Sebastian, so much work!
A museum to save a tradition
The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe
Verticality and dynamism of the façade of the Church of San Carlo
Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction
The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo
Feast days
The theatre of taste
Between white and black
The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe
The neo-Gothic seminary chapel: symbols, light and space
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Carlo and the former Jesuit college
A new site for a new church
A Nobel Prize in Modica
The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo
The Church of St. Benedict
The illusion of light and the decorative splendour
A long reconstruction
The Duomo di San Giorgio (Cathedral of St. George)
A casket of precious works
The Barresi-Branciforte lords
The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction
One city, two sites
A new palace for the La Rocca lords
The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata
The disastrous earthquake
The façade used as a puppet theatre
Views denied, views conquered: the power of the devout Benedictines
The city within the city
A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)
The interior of the church: space and colour
The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism
Luminous sacred spaces
Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape
The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria
Many owners, one palace
The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata
A story of rebirth
Limestone, the colour of harmony
The colours of the cathedral
Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom
The Badia di Sant’Agata (St. Agatha’s Abbey)
The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers
The Church of St. Francis
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto
The chocolate of Modica
The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci
The eagle-shaped city
The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception
Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano
The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso
The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto
Searching for colour
The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro
San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work
Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century
St. Agatha and the giant candelabras
The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi
A half-Baroque church
St. Agatha and the candelore
The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics
The senses tell the story of the staircase of Santa Maria del Monte
A unifying project for the city of Catania
Connections with other UNESCO sites
A heritage of votive works
Discovering the mother church
The internal colours
Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?
One city, three sites
The freedom of worship and the Catholic Church’s role in the diffusion of Baroque
Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family
A prominent church
The Church of St. Paul
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.
