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Ragusa is one of eight places recognized by UNESCO where the devastation wrought by a major earthquake in 1693 resulted in a massive public rebuilding program and the construction of fanciful late baroque palazzos, cathedrals, churches and other buildings.
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"To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything.“ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ragusa Ibla Ragusa is one of eight places recognized by UNESCO where the devastation wrought by a major earthquake in 1693 resulted in a massive public rebuilding program and the construction of fanciful late baroque palazzos, cathedrals, churches and other buildings. (The others are Caltagirone, Catania, Militello, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo and Scicli.) Ragusa is divided into two parts. There is the modern part, which is further subdivided between the truly modern town, with shopping malls and an ugly and imposing asphalt operation, and a more graceful older quarter built in the 18th and 19th centuries. And there is the most historic part, Ragusa Ibla, the medieval town rebuilt in an eruption of baroque on the old footprint of coiling streets. Ragusa esteunadintre cele opt localităţi înscrise pe listele patrimoniului mondial UNESCO, în care drept urmare devastatorului cutremur din anul 1693 s-a aplicat un sistem unitar de reconstruire a clădirilor (palate, biserici, catedrale) în stil baroc. Celelale oraşe sunt Caltagirone, Catania, Militello, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo şi Scicli. Ragusa este formată din două părţi: oraşul modern şi partea medievală. Ragusa Inferioară este cunoscută sub numele de Ragusa Ibla sau pur şi simplu Ibla şi este un adevărat nucleu istoric, un amestec de antic (sec.III î.C.), medieval şi baroc
UNESCO World Heritage Site, representing "the final flowering of baroque art in Europe.”
UNESCO World Heritage Site, representing "the final flowering of baroque art in Europe.”
In Ragusa Ibla next to the 'Villa' (as the Sicilians call their public gardens) you'll find the remains of the ancient church of San Giorgio built around the XII century (a beautifull example of Gotic-Catalan style). The church was very badly damaged during an earthquake in 1693 and most of the stones of the old church were used to build the new Duomo of San Giorgio. În Ragusa Ibla lângă Parcul oraşului (Villa comunale) se află vechea poartă a fostei biserici San Giorgio, frumos exemplu de gotic catalan. Biserica a fost iremediabil distrusă de cutremurul din anul 1693 şi majoritatea pietrelor ei au fost refolosite pentru construirea Domului San Giorgio
The splendid Villa Comunale (public gardens), very well-mantained, is situated at the far end of Ragusa Ibla
The decorative Baroque façade of S.Giuseppe church in Ragusa Ibla, Piazza Pola (l'antica Piazza Maggiore) Faţada baroc a bisericii San Giuseppe din Ragusa Ibla, în piaţa Pola (fosta Piaţa Mare)
Palazzo la Rocca was built in 1765 on the wishes of Baron La Rocca who set up his residence there. The façade has several balconies that are held up by different sized brackets and some interesting anthropomorphic figures. The rooms on the first floor contain some authentic eighteenth-century furnishings. Palatul La Rocca a fost construit în anul 1765 la dorinţa baronului La Rocca, care şi-a stabilit aici reşedinţa. Pe faţadă există câteva balcoane decorate cu interesante figuri antropomorfe.
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Palazzo Cosentini, baroque palace XVIII century (finished in 1779), is famous for its baroque balconies with the 'mascheroni'. Because of its position, on what used to be one of the main cross-road, it used to have the statues of the Saints of Travellers at two of its corners. The statue of San Francesco di Paola (still on site/visible) on the south-side near the stairs that take to Ragusa and San Cristoforo or San Rocco on the north-side. Unesco World Heritage. Palatul Cosentini, patrimoniu UNESCO, terminat în anul 1779, este faimos pentru balcoanele sale. El este decorat şi cu statuile Sfinţilor patroni ai călătorilor: San Francesco di Paula şi San Cristoforo sau San Rocco.
Ragusa, oraş cu nu mai puţin de 18 monumente recunoscute de UNESCOîn patrimoniul universal.
Cathedral (Duomo) of San Giorgiostands at the top of a monumental staircase. It was designed by the architect Rosario Gagliardi, while the imposing neoclassical dome was built around 1820, a copy of the Pantheon in Paris.
San Giorgio Cathedral (Duomo) is one of the masterpieces of Sicilian Baroque and was built starting in 1738 (architect Rosario Gagliardi). It is today on the Unesco World Heritage List
Catedrala San Giorgio este unul din monumentele ale cărui planuri au fost desenate de arh. Rosario Gagliardi; începutăîn 1744 (planurile datează din 1738), construcţia a durat pânăîn anul 1775. Domul a fost realizat în anul 1820 după modelul Panteonului din Paris, de arhitectul Cultraro Carmelo (1777-1853).
