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 colours of the cathedral

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The chocolate of Modica

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The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A square as the heart of the city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

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Feast days

A feast only for Scicli

The wall comes to life

A majestic and luminous church

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Limestone, the colour of harmony

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

From International Gothic to present day

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The internal colours

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The disastrous earthquake

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A new site for a new city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A symbol for the town

Between white and black

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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One city, three sites

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The Maiolica of the staircase

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

A colourful floor

Many owners, one palace

A museum to save a tradition

Wonderful quick decorations

An eagle-shaped city

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A hall for the feasts

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Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

A city in colour

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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A miniature city

New roads for Catania

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A prominent church

Feasting in Palazzolo

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

A long reconstruction

One city, two sites

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Staircase of Angels

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The theatre of taste

Discovering the mother church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Searching for colour

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Norman apses

The two churches

The church of Carmine

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Some prestigious works

A half-Baroque church

The city of museums

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Connections with other UNESCO sites

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Prominent façade

A new site for a new church

The interior and its masterpieces

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Some masterpieces

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

The Burgos crucifix

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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Two illustrious patron saints

The Baroque town by the sea

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