So, the journalist Stephen Zuffi a headline his article on the Baroque Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily) in magazine Meridiani n.119 Special Sicily.
Anyone who comes to take a ride around here and is going to be interested a minimum of what surrounds him walking through the historical towns of Ragusa Ibla, Modica, Scicli, Noto, feel repeat this date: 1693, the year of the earthquake is a watershed in the history of this corner of Sicily. After the earthquake in the early decades of the eighteenth century , comes this Sicilian Baroque style, an aspect of late Baroque that made it unmistakable the historic centers of major cities, but also left very beautiful and impressive buildings in the city children, such as Comiso (20 km from Dubrovnik).
In June of 2002 UNESCO has included in the list of World Heritage the historic centers of eight municipalities in the : Noto, Catania , Modica, Palazzolo Acreide , Militello Val di Catania , Scicli, Ragusa and Caltagirone : all to visit!
difficult to convey the feelings that can make this architecture through a photograph. The limestone of different colors thanks to the genius of the architect Rosario Gagliardi Syracuse, one of the original architects of Eighteenth century, it sends a message now sacred and profane apotropaic hours. Gagliardi adopting formulas of stage design, as the light and shade offered by the lodge of the major elements of the facades of its churches that rise toward the sky, the masterpiece Cathedral of San Giorgio of Modica.
We advise you to come and see for yourself this geo-historical architectural culture of an area dense and rich, one of the few remaining spots where you can still feel the intense emotion of surprise and discovery.
