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