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.

Searching for colour

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

A miniature city

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

A half-Baroque church

One city, three sites

The chocolate of Modica

A hall for the feasts

Discovering the mother church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A long reconstruction

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

An eagle-shaped city

A triumph of colour

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The theatre of taste

Prominent façade

From International Gothic to present day

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The disastrous earthquake

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The colours of the cathedral

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The Baroque town by the sea

The interior and its masterpieces

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A talking palace

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Staircase of Angels

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A symbol for the town

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A colourful floor

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The city of museums

Some prestigious works

A prominent church

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A new site for a new church

A small room with a golden entrance

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Norman apses

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Feast days

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The internal colours

A square as the heart of the city

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A museum to save a tradition

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

One city, two sites

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

A city in colour

The church of Carmine

Between white and black

Wonderful quick decorations

Many owners, one palace

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

New roads for Catania

A new site for a new city

Some masterpieces