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.

Prominent façade

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

Between white and black

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A long reconstruction

A museum to save a tradition

A new site for a new church

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

A miniature city

A symbol for the town

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The theatre of taste

Some prestigious works

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Wonderful quick decorations

The wall comes to life

The church of Carmine

The interior and its masterpieces

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Baroque town by the sea

A prominent church

The colours of the cathedral

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

The two churches

Searching for colour

A new site for a new city

A small room with a golden entrance

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

St. Sebastian, so much work!

New roads for Catania

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Norman apses

The disastrous earthquake

The city of museums

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

A colourful floor

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

Two illustrious patron saints

A triumph of colour

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A talking palace

The internal colours

A half-Baroque church

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

A majestic and luminous church

One city, two sites

Feast days

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Staircase of Angels

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A hall for the feasts

The Burgos crucifix

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The chocolate of Modica

Many owners, one palace

Discovering the mother church

Some masterpieces

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A feast only for Scicli

A square as the heart of the city

An eagle-shaped city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

From International Gothic to present day