Among the most beautiful sights in Ragusa is the blue domed bell tower of the church of Santa Maria dell’Itria. Beneath the cobalt blue dome is an octagonal drum with eight panels in polychrome terra-cotta decorated with designs of Rococo-style flowers.

Floral designs are also carved into the portals and are echoed in the oldest of the interior’s five altars in the side aisles, where garlands of flowers and fruit decorate the spiral columns. The church, which stands in the town’s old Jewish quarter, was founded in the 14th century by the Knights of Malta.