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