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

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

A story of rebirth

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A stone garden

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Staircase of Angels

The interior and works of art

The art of maiolica

City and nature

The works in the church

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

A heritage of votive works

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The articulated interior spaces

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

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Benedictines’ library

The new roads of the city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

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

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The expansion of space and changing reality

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Luminous sacred spaces

The palace, the town, the church

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

One city, three sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Franciscan convent

The city palace

The church and the college

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

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

The Church of Madonna della Stella

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

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

The eagle-shaped city

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

A casket of precious works

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

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The Church of St. Benedict

The two churches

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Religious architecture

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The church and the monastery

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Art in the cathedral

The city within the city

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The Church of St. Paul

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

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Palazzo dei due mori

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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.