Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

sight
Brightness and light

Colour, light and more colour!
The vault is a riot of colour, capable of making the figures and shapes stand out, and leaving visitors gazing upwards.
As for the altar, it attracts attention thanks to the brilliance and shine of gold, silver and the precious sparkling stones used to decorate it.
The church is a treasure trove of precious jewels.

hearing
A sound to accompany prayer

It’s 1790 and you’re inside the church of St. Benedict, attending one of the services… You can hear something… what is it?
The organ!
With a sound alternating between gentle and low, it accompanies prayer as impressed worshippers celebrate Holy Mass.
Then the bells announce the end of the service.
Their chimes vibrate in the atmosphere and resonate along Via dei Crociferi.

The façade used as a puppet theatre

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Norman apses

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A hall for the feasts

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A miniature city

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

An eagle-shaped city

The chocolate of Modica

The Maiolica of the staircase

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A talking palace

The disastrous earthquake

New roads for Catania

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Feasting in Palazzolo

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Staircase of Angels

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Wonderful quick decorations

Many owners, one palace

Searching for colour

A new site for a new city

A feast only for Scicli

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours

A city in colour

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

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The colours of the cathedral

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The internal colours

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A triumph of colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A colourful floor

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

The two churches

Some prestigious works

Discovering the mother church

The church of Carmine

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A half-Baroque church

Between white and black

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The interior and its masterpieces

A small room with a golden entrance

One city, two sites

Prominent façade

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

The city of museums

The Baroque town by the sea

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Feast days

A long reconstruction

A prominent church

One city, three sites

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

Two illustrious patron saints

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A museum to save a tradition

A majestic and luminous church

The theatre of taste

Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction

The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque

A symbol for the town