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

Religious architecture

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

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

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

A stone garden

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The city palace

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

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Church of St. Francis

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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

The Church of St. Paul

St. Agatha and the candelore

Altars, saints and sculptural works

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The church and the monastery

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A heritage of votive works

The art of maiolica

A story of rebirth

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

The church and the college

City and nature

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Palazzo dei due mori

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The two churches

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

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

One city, three sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The articulated interior spaces

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Franciscan convent

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

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

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The eagle-shaped city

The new roads of the city

The Staircase of Angels

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

A casket of precious works

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Luminous sacred spaces

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The works in the church

The Benedictines’ library

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The expansion of space and changing reality

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The interior and works of art

The city within the city

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The Church of St. Benedict

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

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

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Art in the cathedral

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The palace, the town, the church

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

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