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