Urban routes

Lecce, the emblematic city of the Baroque period

• Piazza Sant’Oronzo and Bishop Luigi Pappacoda’s power
• The Cathedral and Pappacoda’s desired urban transformation
• Giuseppe Zimbalo: Basilica of Santa Croce, Palazzo dei Celestini, Church of the Rosario
• The seminary and the city after Pappacoda
• Giuseppe Cino: Palazzo dei Celestini, Church of the Carmine, Church of Santa Chiara
• Other glimpses of the Baroque in Lecce

Spanish Sicily and the viceroy in Palermo

• Walking with the viceroy
• The entry: Cassaro and Porta Felice
• Our Lady of the Chain, Our Lady of Portosalvo, Palazzo delle Aquile and the Fontana Pretoria
• Piazza Bologni, the Cathedral and the archbishop’s palace
• Porta Nuova, the Palace of the Normans and the Quattro Canti
• Piazza Marina and the departure of the viceroy

Alcalá de Henares and the traces of a Jesuit Baroque

• Alcalá de Henares: the town of Cisneros, Cervantes and the Jesuits
• Ignatius of Loyola and his legacy in the Hospital de Antezana
• The Ermita del Cristo de los Doctrinos
• The Colegio Máximo of the Company in Alcalá: a reference point and centre for studies in the seventeenth century
• The Church of the Jesuits in the image and likeness of the Gesù in Rome
• The Jesuits at the Complutense University of Alcalá

The Naples of Ascanio Filomarino

• An ambitious prelate and his passion for art
• The cardinal in Naples: Palazzo Filomarino
• The Archbishop’s Palace and the Cathedral
• Filomarino and the Masaniello revolt
• The Royal Palace
• The Basilica of the Carmine Maggiore
• The Church of the Santi Apostoli and the Filomarino chapel

The Nacional Sculpture Museum of Valladolid

• A museum which is over a hundred years old
• The sculpture collections. The Colegio de San Gregorio and the golden age of Spanish sculpture
• Gregorio Fernández’s “Cristo yacente” 
• Pedro de Mena’s “Magdalena” 
• Gregorio Fernández’s “Santa Teresa de Jesús”
• Francisco del Rincón’s “Elevación de la Cruz”
• Juan de Roelas’s “Alegoría de la Virgen Inmaculada”

Palermo and the Inquisition

• The functions of the tribunal of the Inquisition and its introduction in Sicily
• The opponents of the Sicilian Holy Office
• The seat of the tribunal: Palazzo Steri
• The investigations of the Inquisition and the role of the “familiars”
• Inside the Steri Palace: Carceri filippine, Sala Magna and the questioning
• The prison of the Penitenziati
• Extraordinary testimonies
• The auto de fé

Cosimo Fanzago and Baroque Naples

• Naples and early works
• The Charterhouse of San Martino
• Palaces
• The churches of Naples and some symbols of the city
• Fanzago and the revolt of Masaniello
• The work of Fanzago outside of Naples

A Spanish “Italian” garden: the century old woods of the Dukes of Béjar

• The Spanish nobility and gardens: in the likeness of Italian villas
• “El Bosque” of Bejar: importing an Italian model
• Lakes and fountains in the “Bosque” of Bejar: the use of water in a courtly villa
• The power of the Dukes of Béjar in their properties: the fortress and holiday home
• The “Bosque” of Bejar: holiday home or place of economic exploitation?

Catania and reconstruction after 1693

• 1693: a disastrous earthquake
• The Badia di Sant’Agatha (Abbey of Saint Agatha)
• The Cathedral
• The Palace of the Senate and the Fountain of the Elephant
• Church of San Giuliano, Valle Palace, Biscari Palace

Valladolid and the remains of its Baroque past

• The Church of San Pablo and Valladolid in the Early Modern period
• The Museo Nacional de Escultura
• The University
• The Cathedral
• Church of the Pasión, Church of San Juan de Letrán, Convent of the Agustinos Filipinos