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.

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Wonderful quick decorations

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A feast only for Scicli

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A museum to save a tradition

A symbol for the town

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

One city, three sites

The Burgos crucifix

Between white and black

A hall for the feasts

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Some prestigious works

A long reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The two churches

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Norman apses

A talking palace

The theatre of taste

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Feast days

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

An eagle-shaped city

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

A new site for a new city

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Limestone, the colour of harmony

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Discovering the mother church

Two illustrious patron saints

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The wall comes to life

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Many owners, one palace

Feasting in Palazzolo

The church of Carmine

The Staircase of Angels

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

New roads for Catania

A miniature city

A majestic and luminous church

Some masterpieces

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A triumph of colour

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The chocolate of Modica

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A small room with a golden entrance

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Baroque town by the sea

A half-Baroque church

From International Gothic to present day

The disastrous earthquake

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A city in colour

The city of museums

A colourful floor

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

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

Searching for colour

The interior and its masterpieces

One city, two sites

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

The colours of the cathedral

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Prominent façade

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

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

A new site for a new church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra