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