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.

A feast only for Scicli

The two churches

A prominent church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A colourful floor

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The colours of the cathedral

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Norman apses

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Discovering the mother church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A majestic and luminous church

The internal colours

Many owners, one palace

A new site for a new city

The Burgos crucifix

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

Searching for colour

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Baroque town by the sea

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A hall for the feasts

The interior and its masterpieces

A triumph of colour

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

Some prestigious works

A square as the heart of the city

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A small room with a golden entrance

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Staircase of Angels

Feast days

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A talking palace

The chocolate of Modica

The church of Carmine

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

From International Gothic to present day

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A miniature city

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

The disastrous earthquake

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

Between white and black

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new site for a new church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

An eagle-shaped city

The wall comes to life

A symbol for the town

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A city in colour

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The city of museums

A museum to save a tradition

Some masterpieces

Wonderful quick decorations

New roads for Catania

One city, two sites

The theatre of taste

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento