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