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 half-Baroque church

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A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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A prominent church

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Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The disastrous earthquake

A Nobel Prize in Modica

From International Gothic to present day

A feast only for Scicli

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

One city, two sites

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A talking palace

Feast days

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Feasting in Palazzolo

A small room with a golden entrance

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A square as the heart of the city

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The interior and its masterpieces

New roads for Catania

Some prestigious works

The Maiolica of the staircase

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Some masterpieces

Many owners, one palace

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Prominent façade

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A majestic and luminous church

A miniature city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

An eagle-shaped city

Between white and black

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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The Staircase of Angels

The wall comes to life

A city in colour

The two churches

Searching for colour

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Norman apses

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A long reconstruction

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A triumph of colour

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The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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Modica, a city with ancient origins

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Wonderful quick decorations

The theatre of taste

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A new site for a new church

A hall for the feasts

The internal colours

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The city of museums

The church of Carmine

A colourful floor

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

One city, three sites

The chocolate of Modica

Discovering the mother church

A symbol for the town

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Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Burgos crucifix

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Baroque town by the sea

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

A new site for a new city

Two illustrious patron saints

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