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

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The Church of St. Benedict

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The expansion of space and changing reality

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The eagle-shaped city

The palace, the town, the church

A heritage of votive works

The interior of the church: space and colour

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

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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

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

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The Franciscan convent

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

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

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

A casket of precious works

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The articulated interior spaces

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Benedictines’ library

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

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

The art of maiolica

Religious architecture

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

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

A story of rebirth

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The church and the college

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The city palace

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The new roads of the city

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The Palazzo dei due mori

Luminous sacred spaces

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

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

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Church of St. Francis

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Staircase of Angels

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The Church of Madonna della Stella

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

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

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

City and nature

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The interior and works of art

The Church of St. Paul

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

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

Art in the cathedral

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The works in the church

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

One city, three sites

The city within the city

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

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

The two churches

Reconstruction after the earthquake

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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

The church and the monastery

A stone garden

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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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.