A pendentive is an architectural element that can be positioned between the dome and the underlying structures that support it.
It also indicates the portion of the front wall between the arches and the horizontal plane formed by the wall, for example in the naves of a church.
In churches it is ...
A Greek cross is one of the possible shapes of a building plan. The Greek cross is a cross with four arms of equal size that cross at a right angle....
The word "Doric" indicates a type of capital and base (which is square and linear in the case of the Doric order) that characterises the pilaster, an architectural element incorporated in the wall, required to support a building's structure. It protrudes only very slightly from the wall surface....
A Venetian (or Serlian) window is an architectural element composed of a round arch flanked by two identical openings on which rests an architrave; between the arch and the two openings there are two columns.
It is found in Roman architecture, especially in the eastern provinces, and in Byzantine ...
The scenographic staircase of Santa Maria del Monte
The Staircase of St. Mary of the Mountain, also known as the Staircase of St. James, weaves between two tightly packed housing terraces. It was built in the first decade of the seventeenth century to create a direct connection between the old quarter located in the lower part of Caltagirone and th...
The size of the church since its foundation in the 12th century
Historical records about the foundation of the church in the 12th century include one by Catania-born abbot Vito M. Amico, who lived in the 18th century: "Under the fortress, on the highest point of the hill, is the main sacred church dedicated to the Beata Vergine Assunta, commonly known as the chu...
The Sicilian architect was born in 1701 in Catania. He began his profession as a lapideum incisor, or sculptor of stone elements, then later worked on the construction of the Benedictine Monastery of Catania with his son Antonino and the famous architect Giovanni Battista Vaccarini.
In 1768 he was...
Luigi Sturzo was born in Caltagirone on 26 November 1871 and took his vows in the monastery of Acireale in 1883.
Five years later Sturzo returned to Caltagirone.
In 1894 he moved to Rome where he graduated in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
In the following years he was involved ...
A pediment is the surface that delimits the tympanum by following its shape; it can be triangular, curvilinear or mixtilinear.
It indicates the final element of a façade with a sloping roof or the crowning of other architectural elements such as a portal, aedicula or window....
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.
