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.

The Baroque town by the sea

Searching for colour

A triumph of colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

A hall for the feasts

A talking palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Norman apses

The Burgos crucifix

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Limestone, the colour of harmony

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

A square as the heart of the city

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Discovering the mother church

Between white and black

A city in colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A symbol for the town

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

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

One city, three sites

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

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

From International Gothic to present day

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

The wall comes to life

One city, two sites

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A majestic and luminous church

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The city of museums

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The two churches

The interior and its masterpieces

A colourful floor

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Some prestigious works

Prominent façade

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

The colours of the cathedral

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The disastrous earthquake

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

An eagle-shaped city

A small room with a golden entrance

Feast days

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Maiolica of the staircase

Wonderful quick decorations

The Staircase of Angels

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The internal colours

Two illustrious patron saints

A long reconstruction

The theatre of taste

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The church of Carmine

Some masterpieces

A feast only for Scicli

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Feasting in Palazzolo

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A prominent church

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A new site for a new city

A miniature city

Many owners, one palace

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

New roads for Catania