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.

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A museum to save a tradition

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A square as the heart of the city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Wonderful quick decorations

The internal colours

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A long reconstruction

Feast days

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Discovering the mother church

The colours of the cathedral

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The church of Carmine

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A symbol for the town

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Prominent façade

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Maiolica of the staircase

Between white and black

A talking palace

The disastrous earthquake

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A half-Baroque church

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Staircase of Angels

The chocolate of Modica

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

A colourful floor

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

One city, three sites

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The interior and its masterpieces

Searching for colour

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A city in colour

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

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The wall comes to life

A miniature city

Some masterpieces

The theatre of taste

A triumph of colour

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new city

The city of museums

A hall for the feasts

A small room with a golden entrance

Some prestigious works

A majestic and luminous church

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

New roads for Catania

The two churches

Norman apses

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

One city, two sites

A feast only for Scicli

The Burgos crucifix

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A new site for a new church

Two illustrious patron saints

An eagle-shaped city