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.

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Staircase of Angels

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

The articulated interior spaces

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

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

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

Luminous sacred spaces

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

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

The eagle-shaped city

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Reconstruction after the earthquake

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

Altars, saints and sculptural works

City and nature

A heritage of votive works

The church and the college

The interior of the church: space and colour

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The Palazzo dei due mori

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

A stone garden

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

A casket of precious works

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

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

The Church of St. Paul

The new roads of the city

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Francis

St. Agatha and the candelore

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

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

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The expansion of space and changing reality

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

The art of maiolica

The interior and works of art

The works in the church

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The church and the monastery

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The city within the city

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

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

The palace, the town, the church

One city, three sites

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Art in the cathedral

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The Benedictines’ library

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The city palace

A story of rebirth

The two churches

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Franciscan convent

The Church of St. Benedict

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

Religious architecture

The Church of Madonna della Stella

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

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces