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.

Norman apses

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A long reconstruction

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Modica, a city with ancient origins

New roads for Catania

Searching for colour

A miniature city

The church of Carmine

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new site for a new church

One city, two sites

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A museum to save a tradition

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

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

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A hall for the feasts

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

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Some prestigious works

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Wonderful quick decorations

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Two illustrious patron saints

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

An eagle-shaped city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The chocolate of Modica

The Staircase of Angels

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Feast days

A small room with a golden entrance

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new site for a new city

A square as the heart of the city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The two churches

Prominent façade

The disastrous earthquake

The wall comes to life

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Between white and black

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A half-Baroque church

A city in colour

The city of museums

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A symbol for the town

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The theatre of taste

Many owners, one palace

Discovering the mother church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Some masterpieces

The colours of the cathedral

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

A talking palace

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

One city, three sites

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

From International Gothic to present day

The Burgos crucifix

The internal colours

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A colourful floor

The Baroque town by the sea

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

The interior and its masterpieces

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A prominent church