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