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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Staircase of Angels

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The wall comes to life

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

New roads for Catania

Two illustrious patron saints

Feasting in Palazzolo

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A long reconstruction

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A new site for a new city

Many owners, one palace

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The two churches

The chocolate of Modica

One city, three sites

A feast only for Scicli

Some prestigious works

An eagle-shaped city

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Feast days

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Burgos crucifix

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The city of museums

The church of Carmine

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Maiolica of the staircase

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The interior and its masterpieces

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The theatre of taste

A hall for the feasts

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A half-Baroque church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A symbol for the town

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The disastrous earthquake

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

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

One city, two sites

A museum to save a tradition

Discovering the mother church

A miniature city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A triumph of colour

A new site for a new church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A square as the heart of the city

A majestic and luminous church

From International Gothic to present day

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

A colourful floor

A talking palace

A prominent church

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Some masterpieces

The colours of the cathedral

The internal colours

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

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

Wonderful quick decorations

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Norman apses

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A small room with a golden entrance