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 church and the monastery

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

One city, three sites

The palace, the town, the church

The art of maiolica

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Benedict

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

The church and the college

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The Palazzo dei due mori

The Franciscan convent

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

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

A stone garden

The eagle-shaped city

The Church of St. Paul

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

St. Agatha and the candelore

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

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Church of St. Francis

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

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

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

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

The works in the church

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Art in the cathedral

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

A heritage of votive works

The city palace

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The two churches

The Staircase of Angels

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The expansion of space and changing reality

The casket of austerity under the great dome

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

A story of rebirth

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

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

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

A casket of precious works

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

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

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

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

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The articulated interior spaces

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Benedictines’ library

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The interior of the church: space and colour

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

Luminous sacred spaces

The city within the city

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Religious architecture

The interior and works of art

The new roads of the city

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

City and nature

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

Informazioni

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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.