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.

A small room with a golden entrance

A museum to save a tradition

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

One city, two sites

Prominent façade

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The interior and its masterpieces

Discovering the mother church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

A symbol for the town

The city of museums

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

One city, three sites

Feast days

Some prestigious works

Some masterpieces

New roads for Catania

Feasting in Palazzolo

From International Gothic to present day

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Wonderful quick decorations

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

A hall for the feasts

The Staircase of Angels

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The chocolate of Modica

A colourful floor

Between white and black

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Many owners, one palace

The Burgos crucifix

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Searching for colour

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A talking palace

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Two illustrious patron saints

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Norman apses

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A triumph of colour

The Baroque town by the sea

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A long reconstruction

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The church of Carmine

The colours of the cathedral

A half-Baroque church

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

A miniature city

A feast only for Scicli

The Maiolica of the staircase

A prominent church

A majestic and luminous church

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The disastrous earthquake

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

An eagle-shaped city

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A city in colour

The theatre of taste

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