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