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.

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The internal colours

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Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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A museum to save a tradition

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Connections with other UNESCO sites

One city, three sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A prominent church

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A long reconstruction

Prominent façade

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

One city, two sites

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

A talking palace

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

Wonderful quick decorations

Between white and black

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The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A miniature city

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Feast days

A majestic and luminous church

The wall comes to life

The interior and its masterpieces

The two churches

Discovering the mother church

The Burgos crucifix

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Norman apses

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Staircase of Angels

The disastrous earthquake

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A small room with a golden entrance

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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An eagle-shaped city

A city in colour

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Searching for colour

The city of museums

A new site for a new church

The colours of the cathedral

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Some masterpieces

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A feast only for Scicli

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Maiolica of the staircase

A new site for a new city

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Baroque town by the sea

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A half-Baroque church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A symbol for the town

Many owners, one palace

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A square as the heart of the city

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

New roads for Catania

From International Gothic to present day

A colourful floor

Some prestigious works

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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Feasting in Palazzolo

The chocolate of Modica

A hall for the feasts

A triumph of colour

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom