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.

One city, two sites

The Staircase of Angels

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A prominent church

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

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

Discovering the mother church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The interior and its masterpieces

Between white and black

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

A small room with a golden entrance

Searching for colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The internal colours

The chocolate of Modica

A city in colour

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

New roads for Catania

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Maiolica of the staircase

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A miniature city

A long reconstruction

A feast only for Scicli

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Feast days

The Baroque town by the sea

Two illustrious patron saints

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

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

Norman apses

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

An eagle-shaped city

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

Some prestigious works

A hall for the feasts

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new site for a new city

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The church of Carmine

Prominent façade

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The colours of the cathedral

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

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Wonderful quick decorations

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Feasting in Palazzolo

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The two churches

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Burgos crucifix

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A half-Baroque church

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A museum to save a tradition

The wall comes to life

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A triumph of colour

A colourful floor

A majestic and luminous church

From International Gothic to present day

The disastrous earthquake

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

St. Sebastian, so much work!

One city, three sites

A square as the heart of the city