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