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