Caltagirone

A museum to save a tradition

In 1965, the Museum of Ceramics was founded in order to save a centuries-old tradition. Located on one of the main streets, Via Roma, the location was refurbished before the inauguration.
It has a special entrance, a 19th-century portico that rests on a tall raised structure accessed by a series of staircases. The maiolica decorations make it extra special, embellishing and adding colour to the façade.
The museum contains pottery from the Greek age until the beginning of the 20th century, including collections of Arab, Norman, Suevian and Aragonese artefacts.

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The pottery is exhibited in four large rooms, where there are around 2500 artefacts and work from the ancient, medieval, post-medieval and modern worlds. The collections mostly come from the Civic Museum of Caltagirone and the “ Luigi Sturzo “, State Institute of Art for Ceramics, but also from other Sicilian museums such as the Russo-Perez collection or from private collectors including Professor Antonino Ragona.

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The colours of the cathedral

A half-Baroque church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new site for a new city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Feasting in Palazzolo

The two churches

The internal colours

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A small room with a golden entrance

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The chocolate of Modica

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

One city, two sites

Between white and black

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A prominent church

The church of Carmine

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A miniature city

A talking palace

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the staircase of Santa Maria del Monte

The Baroque town by the sea

Two illustrious patron saints

From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A colourful floor

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The interior and its masterpieces

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

An eagle-shaped city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

One city, three sites

Feast days

Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A museum to save a tradition

Some prestigious works

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Prominent façade

Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque

A hall for the feasts

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

New roads for Catania

The Staircase of Angels

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A square as the heart of the city

Norman apses

The wall comes to life

A city in colour

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Discovering the mother church

The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

Searching for colour

The senses tell the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A majestic and luminous church

A feast only for Scicli

The city of museums

From International Gothic to present day

A new site for a new church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The disastrous earthquake

Wonderful quick decorations

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Burgos crucifix