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.

New roads for Catania

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Feasting in Palazzolo

Norman apses

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

One city, three sites

A half-Baroque church

A talking palace

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Between white and black

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new site for a new city

The Burgos crucifix

The theatre of taste

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

Some prestigious works

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Some masterpieces

A triumph of colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

One city, two sites

A miniature city

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

A majestic and luminous church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The wall comes to life

From International Gothic to present day

A hall for the feasts

An eagle-shaped city

Wonderful quick decorations

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Discovering the mother church

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

The Staircase of Angels

A square as the heart of the city

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The church of Carmine

Prominent façade

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

A prominent church

A long reconstruction

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Two illustrious patron saints

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The interior and its masterpieces

A symbol for the town

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The chocolate of Modica

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The internal colours

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The two churches

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A museum to save a tradition

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Feast days

The Baroque town by the sea

A small room with a golden entrance

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A colourful floor

The disastrous earthquake

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Searching for colour

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe