Palazzolo Acreide

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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Many materials

Wood, white marble, colourful marble, canvas and gold are some of the materials used to compose the church’s works, each with different characteristics.
The smooth marble of the main altar contrasts with the irregular surface of the Solomonic columns of the rough and porous façade.
The hardness of the panel is completely different to the softness of the Tanasi’s Annunciation painting-artists must always take into account the type of material they are going to paint on or sculpt.

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The colours of the church

So many colours for one church!
The white stone of the façade shines as soon as a ray of sunshine hits it.
Inside, the floor has a hypnotic effect thanks to its decoration based on the contrast between the white and dark grey stone slabs.
The main altar, where the artist created a valuable piece of work, is a genuine triumph of colour thanks to the skilful combination of blue, red, yellow and white.

New roads for Catania

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

One city, three sites

The Burgos crucifix

A city in colour

Feast days

The two churches

Two illustrious patron saints

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

The Staircase of Angels

The interior and its masterpieces

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A majestic and luminous church

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The city of museums

Discovering the mother church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Many owners, one palace

A talking palace

The colours of the cathedral

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Norman apses

The internal colours

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A museum to save a tradition

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A triumph of colour

Some prestigious works

From International Gothic to present day

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

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A miniature city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Searching for colour

The wall comes to life

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

Prominent façade

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Baroque town by the sea

A half-Baroque church

A new site for a new city

One city, two sites

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The disastrous earthquake

The chocolate of Modica

An eagle-shaped city

A small room with a golden entrance

The theatre of taste

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The church of Carmine

Some masterpieces

A square as the heart of the city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

A symbol for the town

A hall for the feasts

A colourful floor

A prominent church

A feast only for Scicli

A long reconstruction

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

St. Sebastian, so much work!