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The senses tell the story of the Church and Convent of San Francesco d’Assisi all’Immacolata

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Sandstone

Sandstone, also called pietra pece because of its shades of very dark grey, is a very ancient sedimentary rock. It dates back to the Cenozoic Era, which ranges from 65 million to around 2 million years ago.
The colour of this sedimentary rock is given by the percentage of bitumen varying from 4% to 10%, a characteristic that make it suitable for damp places and flooring.pietra arenaria

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An asymmetrical element on the façade

As you look at the façade of the Church of San Francesco d’Assisi all’Immacolata, you will notice an interesting curved element similar to an apse that creates an asymmetric effect, the Chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento Ritrovato.
The interior of the chapel is equally scenic, enriched by stuccoes and decorated ceramic flooring.

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

A heritage of votive works

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

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

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Church of St. Paul

A story of rebirth

The city palace

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

The two churches

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The new roads of the city

Religious architecture

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

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

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The church and the college

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

One city, three sites

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The Palazzo dei due mori

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The casket of austerity under the great dome

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

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

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

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

A stone garden

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The Franciscan convent

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

The interior of the church: space and colour

Altars, saints and sculptural works

Art in the cathedral

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The Benedictines’ library

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

St. Agatha and the candelore

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

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

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

The church and the monastery

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The eagle-shaped city

The works in the church

The Church of St. Benedict

The expansion of space and changing reality

A casket of precious works

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

The Church of St. Francis

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The art of maiolica

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Luminous sacred spaces

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The interior and works of art

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The articulated interior spaces

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The city within the city

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The palace, the town, the church

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

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

City and nature

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha