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