Ragusa

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

hearing

The mermaids’ song and the instruments’ music

The characteristic corbels of these balconies feature depictions of mermaids, musicians and musical instruments, including maracas, a flute and a trumpet.
Staring at us playfully from above, this small orchestra seems to draw our attention and invite us to enter the evocative building.

Next step The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The palace, the town, the church

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

A heritage of votive works

Luminous sacred spaces

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Art in the cathedral

The art of maiolica

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The Staircase of Angels

The Church of St. Benedict

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Benedictines’ library

City and nature

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The articulated interior spaces

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

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

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

Religious architecture

The expansion of space and changing reality

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

The new roads of the city

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The Palazzo dei due mori

The works in the church

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

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The city palace

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The church and the college

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

One city, three sites

A story of rebirth

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

A stone garden

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The eagle-shaped city

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The interior and works of art

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

A casket of precious works

The Franciscan convent

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

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

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

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

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The church and the monastery

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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

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

The Church of St. Francis

The city within the city

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

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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.