Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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The illusion of marble: marble stucco

Marble stucco is an ancient technique that tends to imitate marble and is far cheaper.
The finish of this type of stucco can be of such high quality that it is indistinguishable from natural marble.

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The illusion of movement

The interior of the church creates a continuously moving illusory effect thanks to some of its characteristic elements: the lateral arcades, the vault and the apse arcade seems to bring the gaze towards the altar.
With its countless stuccoes and frescoes, the vault creates the sensation of participating in a whirling motion where art and architecture interact.
Nothing seems motionless in this space and there is a continuous tension throughout.

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

City and nature

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

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

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

The articulated interior spaces

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

A heritage of votive works

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Benedictines’ library

The Palazzo dei due mori

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The Church of St. Francis

A casket of precious works

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The expansion of space and changing reality

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The Church of St. Benedict

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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

A story of rebirth

The city within the city

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The Church of St. Paul

The interior of the church: space and colour

The works in the church

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

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

The eagle-shaped city

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

The Franciscan convent

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

Luminous sacred spaces

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

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The two churches

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

A stone garden

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

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The art of maiolica

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The new roads of the city

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The church and the college

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

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

One city, three sites

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

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

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

The Staircase of Angels

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The interior and works of art

Art in the cathedral

The city palace

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The palace, the town, the church

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Religious architecture

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

The church and the monastery

Altars, saints and sculptural works