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 International Gothic to present day

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The theatre of taste

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

A new site for a new city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The colours of the cathedral

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A miniature city

An eagle-shaped city

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Burgos crucifix

A new site for a new church

A half-Baroque church

The interior and its masterpieces

One city, three sites

A square as the heart of the city

A talking palace

Many owners, one palace

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Searching for colour

Feasting in Palazzolo

Wonderful quick decorations

A colourful floor

A prominent church

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Some masterpieces

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

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

The chocolate of Modica

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The wall comes to life

Two illustrious patron saints

Feast days

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A majestic and luminous church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

Some prestigious works

The Maiolica of the staircase

One city, two sites

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A hall for the feasts

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

A long reconstruction

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Between white and black

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The internal colours

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Staircase of Angels

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

The two churches

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A small room with a golden entrance

A symbol for the town

A triumph of colour

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A city in colour

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Baroque town by the sea

Prominent façade

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

A feast only for Scicli

New roads for Catania

The disastrous earthquake

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

A museum to save a tradition

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

St. Sebastian, so much work!