Palazzolo Acreide

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

sight
Infinite lights and colours

How wonderful!
The light and colours inside the church of San Sebastiano leave everyone breathless!
The crystal chandeliers shine and the surfaces around them reflect and light up in turn.
The marble columns shine and the blue, green and yellow stained glass windows filter warm rays of sunshine.
Full of colour, the church interior is tinged with black and white from the floor, accompanied by the yellow and light grey of the columns, and the white and gold of the walls. navata laterale lampadari accesi

hearing
21 cannon shots

The feast of San Sebastiano is an important moment for all worshippers and the whole country. Citizens gather together to honour the patron saint.
Every year on 10th August at 8:15 am, twenty-one cannon shots precede the departure of the bread cart, accompanied by music, for the traditional collection of “cuddure” (ring-shaped biscuits), offered to St. Sebastian.
Loud noises, firecrackers, music, voices and shouting can be heard early in the morning.

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata

A majestic and luminous church

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A square as the heart of the city

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Many owners, one palace

Feasting in Palazzolo

A symbol for the town

A colourful floor

One city, two sites

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction

A long reconstruction

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

Some prestigious works

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A hall for the feasts

The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The theatre of taste

Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Two illustrious patron saints

Prominent façade

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A talking palace

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A half-Baroque church

Limestone, the colour of harmony

An eagle-shaped city

New roads for Catania

Searching for colour

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

The chocolate of Modica

The colours of the cathedral

Feast days

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A feast only for Scicli

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A prominent church

A new site for a new city

The city of museums

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A city in colour

Norman apses

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Wonderful quick decorations

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the staircase of Santa Maria del Monte

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A museum to save a tradition

Some masterpieces

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The disastrous earthquake

The internal colours

From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A miniature city

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

From International Gothic to present day

Between white and black

A triumph of colour

A new site for a new church

The church of Carmine

One city, three sites

The Baroque town by the sea

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Burgos crucifix

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The interior and its masterpieces