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, three sites

From International Gothic to present day

The Maiolica of the staircase

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

The church of Carmine

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A half-Baroque church

A small room with a golden entrance

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Many owners, one palace

A new site for a new city

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

An eagle-shaped city

Searching for colour

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Baroque town by the sea

A long reconstruction

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Some masterpieces

The city of museums

Some prestigious works

A majestic and luminous church

A triumph of colour

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Prominent façade

The internal colours

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The chocolate of Modica

The interior and its masterpieces

A colourful floor

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Feast days

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The two churches

A talking palace

Wonderful quick decorations

Norman apses

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A new site for a new church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A symbol for the town

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The theatre of taste

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The wall comes to life

A museum to save a tradition

New roads for Catania

A prominent church

A miniature city

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

A square as the heart of the city

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The disastrous earthquake

Between white and black

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Limestone, the colour of harmony

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A feast only for Scicli

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A hall for the feasts

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Staircase of Angels

Two illustrious patron saints

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A city in colour

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

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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