Modica

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The interior of the church is clearly different to the austere exterior.ingresso verso abside
Though the architectural forms are more sober than in other Baroque churches, the decorations are sumptuous and cover the entire surface of the intradoses of the vaults, concentrated in the apse area.
dettaglio colonna marmo verdeThe interior space is divided into three naves marked by fourteen columns with Corinthian capitals and arcades leading to the apse, the central point of the church.
The vault of the central nave is decorated with sixteen painted medallions and frescoes depicting stories from the Old Testament by Gian Battista and Stefano Ragazzi, completed in 1780.
dett pavimentoThe side naves are defined by niches and altars luxuriously decorated with precious materials and separated by coupled columns , some in marble, others decorated in stucco. A pleasant lighting effect is created in this area thanks to the soft light entering from the lunette windows, which are also decorated on the inside.
The 1864 floor is made up of polychrome marble, white marble and black pietra pece where geometric designs and curvilinear decorations alternate with those of the vault. Also in this case, the different use of polished and opaque materials causes light to be reflected in different ways, thus creating multiple perceptions of the room in a continuous play of illusory effects.

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Barresi-Branciforte: the lords of the fiefdom and the modernisation of the town

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

A heritage of votive works

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

A casket of precious works

The art of maiolica

A story of rebirth

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Religious architecture

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Staircase of Angels

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The church and the monastery

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

Verticality and dynamism of the façade of the Church of San Carlo

The church and the college

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The articulated interior spaces

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Views denied, views conquered: the power of the devout Benedictines

The Church of St. Benedict

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The palace, the town, the church

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

City and nature

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The interior and works of art

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The senses tell the story of the Sanctuary Church of Santa Maria della Stella

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and the Church of San Nicolò l’Arena

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The Badia di Sant’Agata (St. Agatha’s Abbey)

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The city palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Carlo and the former Jesuit college

The eagle-shaped city

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The two churches

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The expansion of space and changing reality

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Franciscan convent

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

The new roads of the city

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Piazza Duomo, the elephant fountain, the heart of the city

The freedom of worship and the Catholic Church’s role in the diffusion of Baroque

The neo-Gothic seminary chapel: symbols, light and space

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The works in the church

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The Church of St. Francis

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Benedictines’ library

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The Duomo di San Giorgio (Cathedral of St. George)

A stone garden

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Geometry and wonder in civic architecture in the Baroque of the Val di Noto

Art in the cathedral

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Palazzo dei due mori

The church of San Nicolò l’Arena: the majesty of an unfinished beauty

The city within the city

Luminous sacred spaces

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns