Sicilian Baroque

Catania (, , , ) is the second-largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the centre of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, which is among the largest in Italy. It has important road and rail transport infrastructures, and hosts the main airport of Sicily (fifth-largest in Italy). The city is located on Sicily's east coast, facing the Ionian Sea at the base of the active volcano Mount Etna. It is the capital of the 58-municipality province known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is

Italian municipality

Trapani ( ; ; ) is a coastal city and comune in western Sicily, Italy, located on a crescent-shaped peninsula between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the Province of Trapani, it has long been associated with the historic salt trade and has increasingly developed as a destination for tourism.

comune in Sicily, Italy

Caltanissetta (Sicilian: Cartanissètta) is a city and municipality in the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy, and the capital of the free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta. In 2025, it has a population of 58,045.

thumb|250px|The Cathedral of San Giorgio. thumb|250px|Façade of the Baroque church of San Pietro. Modica (; ) is a city and municipality (comune) in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains. It has 53,413 inhabitants.

thumb|Church of St. Charles Borromeo. thumb|A view of Noto Town Hall. thumb|right|A balcony of the Villadorata palace.

Bagheria (; ) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily, located approximately 10 km (6,2 miles) to the east of Palermo's city centre.

Scicli is a town and municipality in the Province of Ragusa in the south east of Sicily, southern Italy. It is from Ragusa, and from Palermo, and has a population (2017) of 27,051. Alongside seven other cities in the Val di Noto, it has been listed as one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

comune of Italy

Comiso () is a comune of the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Southern Italy. As of 31 December 2023, its population was 30,086.

Ispica (, ) is a city and comune in the south of Sicily, Italy. It is from Ragusa, from Syracuse, and away from La Valletta, on the coast of Malta. The first mention in a document of Ispica occurred in 1093, in a list of churches and ecclesiastic departments for administrative purposes, but the territory has been colonized since the Bronze Age.

geographic region

Baroque architecture on the island of Sicily

sismic event

church

church building in Palermo, Italy

Italian painter (1667-1743)

Sicilian landowner and mathematician