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 Staircase of Angels

The chocolate of Modica

The theatre of taste

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A triumph of colour

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Between white and black

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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A museum to save a tradition

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The Maiolica of the staircase

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A colourful floor

The internal colours

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

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Some masterpieces

A new site for a new church

The interior and its masterpieces

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The wall comes to life

One city, two sites

A half-Baroque church

One city, three sites

Prominent façade

A feast only for Scicli

The Burgos crucifix

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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The disastrous earthquake

A city in colour

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A talking palace

Feasting in Palazzolo

Searching for colour

Feast days

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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The Baroque town by the sea

A hall for the feasts

A small room with a golden entrance

An eagle-shaped city

Two illustrious patron saints

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The two churches

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A prominent church

A long reconstruction

Many owners, one palace

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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Limestone, the colour of harmony

The colours of the cathedral

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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Modica, a city with ancient origins

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

Wonderful quick decorations

The city of museums

A symbol for the town

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Some prestigious works

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Discovering the mother church

A square as the heart of the city

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

From International Gothic to present day

A majestic and luminous church

New roads for Catania

The church of Carmine

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A new site for a new city

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A miniature city

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento