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