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.
mensole sirena

The Church of St. Paul

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Church of St. Francis

Art in the cathedral

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The eagle-shaped city

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

The expansion of space and changing reality

The articulated interior spaces

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Franciscan convent

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The Staircase of Angels

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

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

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

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

A heritage of votive works

The two churches

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The art of maiolica

The city palace

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

City and nature

One city, three sites

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

A stone garden

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The church and the monastery

The Palazzo dei due mori

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

The new roads of the city

The Church of Madonna della Stella

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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

St. Agatha and the candelore

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

A story of rebirth

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The works in the church

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The palace, the town, the church

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Religious architecture

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

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

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

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The city within the city

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

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

A casket of precious works

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

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

Luminous sacred spaces

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The interior and works of art

The Benedictines’ library

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

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The church and the college

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The Church of St. Benedict

The casket of austerity under the great dome