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.

From International Gothic to present day

A prominent church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Wonderful quick decorations

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A museum to save a tradition

A symbol for the town

Feast days

Many owners, one palace

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

One city, two sites

The colours of the cathedral

The internal colours

A colourful floor

Some masterpieces

The Maiolica of the staircase

Between white and black

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The wall comes to life

A small room with a golden entrance

Prominent façade

The chocolate of Modica

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A square as the heart of the city

The Burgos crucifix

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

An eagle-shaped city

A feast only for Scicli

New roads for Catania

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The city of museums

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A city in colour

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A hall for the feasts

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The two churches

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A miniature city

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The disastrous earthquake

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A talking palace

The Staircase of Angels

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Discovering the mother church

One city, three sites

A long reconstruction

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A half-Baroque church

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new site for a new church

Searching for colour

Some prestigious works

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The church of Carmine

Norman apses

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A majestic and luminous church

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

The theatre of taste

The interior and its masterpieces

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A triumph of colour