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.

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

A prominent church

Wonderful quick decorations

A museum to save a tradition

Discovering the mother church

A symbol for the town

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Feast days

One city, three sites

Some masterpieces

Searching for colour

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The interior and its masterpieces

A colourful floor

The theatre of taste

The Maiolica of the staircase

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An eagle-shaped city

Prominent façade

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Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The disastrous earthquake

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The Barresi-Branciforte lords

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A half-Baroque church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

One city, two sites

Many owners, one palace

New roads for Catania

The church of Carmine

A new site for a new church

The chocolate of Modica

A triumph of colour

Norman apses

The two churches

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A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The colours of the cathedral

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A feast only for Scicli

A long reconstruction

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A small room with a golden entrance

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The Burgos crucifix

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

The internal colours

A city in colour

Two illustrious patron saints

A miniature city

A hall for the feasts

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Staircase of Angels

Some prestigious works

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

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

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A new site for a new city

The city of museums

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Baroque town by the sea

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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A Nobel Prize in Modica

A talking palace

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The wall comes to life

A majestic and luminous church

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A square as the heart of the city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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