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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.
mensole sirena

The Church of St. Francis

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Luminous sacred spaces

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

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

The city palace

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The Church of St. Benedict

The Franciscan convent

The Palazzo dei due mori

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A heritage of votive works

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The two churches

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The church and the monastery

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

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

One city, three sites

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The art of maiolica

St. Agatha and the candelore

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

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

The eagle-shaped city

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The church and the college

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The palace, the town, the church

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Art in the cathedral

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The expansion of space and changing reality

The interior and works of art

The Church of St. Paul

A story of rebirth

City and nature

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

The Staircase of Angels

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

A stone garden

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The works in the church

The interior of the church: space and colour

The articulated interior spaces

Religious architecture

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The city within the city

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

A casket of precious works

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

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

The new roads of the city

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

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Benedictines’ library

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics