Eight kilometres to the north, and many lifetimes away from Noto, lie the remains of its corpse. Here was journey’s … More
Tag: baroque architecture
History dissembled
Noto, like other cities in the southeast of Sicily, is a near perfect encapsulation of the Sicilian Baroque, built on … More
Traversing epistemologies
The Cattedrale di Palermo is a chimaera of architectural styles and periods. If someone had drawn it from their imagination, … More
The building which commemorates itself
We were advised by our Airbnb host that the Chiesa del Gesù is one of Palermo’s most beautiful baroque churches … More
Moments of erasure
Facing across a busy Palermo street narrow enough to deny its facade any commanding sightlines, the Palazzo Riso-Belmonte is also … More
Oliver Arditi 