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 senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

The two churches

The interior and its masterpieces

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Between white and black

Wonderful quick decorations

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A talking palace

A colourful floor

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A square as the heart of the city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A triumph of colour

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Some prestigious works

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The internal colours

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

A small room with a golden entrance

The Maiolica of the staircase

A feast only for Scicli

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

The Baroque town by the sea

A Nobel Prize in Modica

From International Gothic to present day

The wall comes to life

One city, three sites

One city, two sites

Feast days

A miniature city

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A half-Baroque church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Discovering the mother church

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The chocolate of Modica

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

New roads for Catania

The church of Carmine

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

A new site for a new city

An eagle-shaped city

Prominent façade

Two illustrious patron saints

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Norman apses

A hall for the feasts

Feasting in Palazzolo

A prominent church

Searching for colour

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

A symbol for the town

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

A majestic and luminous church

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

The disastrous earthquake

The city of museums

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A museum to save a tradition

The theatre of taste

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

Many owners, one palace

The Burgos crucifix

A city in colour