Hylonicum

Light and its residues, by Nicola Polloni

Sicily, in Fragments

Scicli

Scicli emerges through pale stone, faded colour, narrow streets, plants, cables, and deep shadow. Baroque architecture and everyday life overlap across surfaces shaped by light, weather, and use.

Narrow cobbled street framed by stone façades, balconies, cables, and a Baroque church rising at the far end.
Weathered stone building at a street junction, surrounded by traffic signs, exposed cables, a planter, and passing vehicles.
Large faded green wooden church door set between pale stone columns and elaborate carved ornament.
Low-angle view of a crowned stone religious statue beneath an arch, surrounded by columns and a halo of metal stars.
Tilted view of an ornate Baroque façade with a grotesque carved face, curling stonework, iron balconies, and blue sky.
Narrow cobbled street lined with balconies and stone walls, with a rocky hillside visible above the buildings.
Horizontal street view toward pale stone church buildings, framed by balconies, rooftops, wires, and a hanging streetlamp.
Stone staircase ascending through a shadowed passage, with patches of sunlight, textured walls, ironwork, and distant shutters.
Man in a purple shirt walking away along a stepped stone alley, with an orange cloth hanging from a balcony above.
Steep residential staircase lined with balconies, hanging laundry, prickly pear plants, large pots, and weathered walls.
Arched wooden doorway beneath a balcony filled with prickly pear plants, dry vegetation, green shutters, and iron railings.
Narrow descending lane with pale façades, rough stone walls, overhead wires, black lamps, weeds, and a single green shutter.
Symmetrical pale façade covered by climbing vines, balcony plants, shuttered windows, and two large arched doors.
Shaded alley beside a faded pink Baroque building, with ornate balconies, overhead cables, graffiti, and an empty street.

Places and dates
Scicli, 2026.