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