Noto

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

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Scenographic sights and cinema

The Baroque architecture has often been chosen by directors as a film set because of the enchanting views it offers over the city.
The terrace of the bell tower of the Church of San Carlo was chosen by the director Michelangelo Antonioni for his 1960 film “L’avventura” (The Adventure) with Monica Vitti and Gabriele Ferzetti.

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Lime, a precious material of Noto tradition

Lime, derived from hard limestone, is one of the oldest building materials.
Already used by the ancient Romans, it is widely used in the territories of Noto.
Lime is formed of a compact white limestone that is cooked at a very high temperature, losing weight and releasing carbon dioxide through a process called carbonatation.
In order to be used properly it must be wet, i.e. it must undergo a further hydration phase, extinguishing the quicklime in water for at least three days before its use.

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

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

A heritage of votive works

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

Reconstruction after the earthquake

A stone garden

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The interior of the church: space and colour

A unifying project for the city of Catania

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The casket of austerity under the great dome

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The Franciscan convent

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

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

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

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The new roads of the city

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

A story of rebirth

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

City and nature

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

The church and the college

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The articulated interior spaces

The Church of St. Paul

The city palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The palace, the town, the church

The expansion of space and changing reality

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The city within the city

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

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

Luminous sacred spaces

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

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

The Palazzo dei due mori

The Church of St. Benedict

Religious architecture

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

Art in the cathedral

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

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

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The works in the church

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

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

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The church and the monastery

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

St. Agatha and the candelore

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

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

One city, three sites

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The art of maiolica

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

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The Church of St. Francis

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

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

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

A casket of precious works

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The interior and works of art

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

The eagle-shaped city

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

The two churches

The Benedictines’ library

The Staircase of Angels

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral