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San Giovanni Battista's Cathedral
15m
The Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista was rebuilt right here, as a sign of restart, between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Each of his lines tells the human need to get up.
Now look at the facade. It's no accident that you have to climb a long staircase... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Chiesa delle Santissime Anime del Purgatorio
15m
This church was opened for worship in 1658, thanks to the will of the Mazza family, and is dedicated to the Souls of Purgatory, that is to those souls on the way, suspended between what has been and what will be. One important detail: it survives almost intact ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Chiesa di San Filippo Neri
15m · Admission ticket not included
This church was entrusted to the Philippine Fathers, followers of St. Philip Neri, the saint of joy, listening, music and spirituality lived with simplicity. And this imprint is perceptible... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Chiesa di San Giuseppe
15m
The church was founded in the eighteenth century, after the great earthquake of 1693, when Ragusa Ibla was rebuilt not only in stone, but also in the soul. It is a church that is the daughter of rebirth. Every line tells the story of ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Itria
15m
The facade in front of you is sober, almost collected. It does not seek to amaze, but to welcome. It is the result of reconstruction after the great earthquake of 1693, when Ragusa was reborn from the ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Scale
15m
The church you are about to visit was born in the thirteenth century, in the middle of medieval times, probably linked to the Cistercian monastic environment. Back then, it had a gothic, essential and... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Duomo Di San Giorgio
15m · Admission ticket not included
It is a masterpiece of Sicilian Baroque, but above all it is a scenography of the soul. It develops vertically, with columns, niches and statues that seem to dialogue between ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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20m
The garden was born in 1858, but its soul sinks much further back in time, when this end of the Hyblean plateau was a ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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20m · Admission ticket not included
The facade in front of you does not seek excess. It is composed, ordered, almost meditative. Here the neoclassical taste is expressed as inner balance: the balconies follow one another with regular rhythm, topped by ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Palazzo Arezzo Di Trifiletti
20m · Admission ticket not included
Its history is intertwined with that of reconstruction after the great earthquake of 1693, when Ibla was reborn transforming tragedy into beauty. Here, however, the reconstruction does not follow a single voice: it is a dialogue between styles, eras and ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Palazzo Bertini
20m · Admission ticket not included
It's the late eighteenth century. After the great earthquake of 1693, Ragusa was rebuilt with ambition and desire for beauty. Along what was then called Via Maestra, now Corso Italia, this elegant and theatrical building was born, initially wanted by Don ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Palazzo Cosentini
20m
You are about to find yourself in front of Palazzo Cosentini, one of the most intense and surprising Baroque palaces in Ragusa Ibla. Before you even look carefully, give yourself a ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
"Palazzo Cosentini in Ragusa Ibla is mainly a historic building admired from the outside free of charge for its famous baroque balconies. The interior is occasionally used for exhibitions and events, some of which may require a ticket (e.g.), while on other occasions admission is free."
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Palazzo La Rocca
20m
The balconies seem to float in the air, supported by figures carved in dark stone.
They are the masks: faces, bodies, musicians, mothers, cherubs. They're not mute decorations. I'm... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
"Admission to Palazzo La Rocca in Ragusa Ibla is generally free. The palace, known for its balconies with baroque shelves, is public and often hosts art exhibitions or cultural events. You can visit the lobby and admire the pitch stone staircase"
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Palazzo Zacco
20m · Admission ticket not included
Built in the first half of the eighteenth century by the Zacco family, a powerful and cultured local aristocracy, the palace was born in the great period of rebirth after the ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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30m
Stair Path – Meditation “Between Heaven and Earth” - Let your gaze slide down. Ragusa Ibla stretches in the valley like an ancient body resting. Houses, domes and alleys seem to emerge from the rock, not built on earth but with ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
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Ragusa Ibla
20m
You are entering a city that has been reborn from its wounds. After the devastating earthquake of 1693, this place was rebuilt following the language of the late Baroque, a style that not only wanted to “beautify”, but ... Listen to the Full Audio Guide!
