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.

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Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

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San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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The articulated interior spaces

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The Franciscan convent

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The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

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A heritage of votive works

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A new site for the church of San Giorgio

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A stone garden

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

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

The art of maiolica

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The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

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

Luminous sacred spaces

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

The new roads of the city

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

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The palace, the town, the church

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The expansion of space and changing reality

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Reconstruction after the earthquake

The Benedictines’ library

The church and the monastery

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Art in the cathedral

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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The two churches

The city palace

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The smallest Greek theatre in the world

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A casket of precious works

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The Staircase of Angels

Altars, saints and sculptural works

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The Palazzo dei due mori

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

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Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

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St. Agatha and the candelore

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The city within the city

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One city, three sites

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Religious architecture