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.

Some prestigious works

The wall comes to life

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Feasting in Palazzolo

A half-Baroque church

Two illustrious patron saints

A triumph of colour

The Staircase of Angels

The disastrous earthquake

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Prominent façade

A new site for a new church

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A feast only for Scicli

The Maiolica of the staircase

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A hall for the feasts

One city, three sites

Some masterpieces

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

A miniature city

The internal colours

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The two churches

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A small room with a golden entrance

Between white and black

A prominent church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

One city, two sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A symbol for the town

A colourful floor

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Baroque town by the sea

Norman apses

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The church of Carmine

Discovering the mother church

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

St. Sebastian, so much work!

An eagle-shaped city

From International Gothic to present day

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A long reconstruction

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

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A talking palace

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Searching for colour

The city of museums

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A city in colour

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Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A majestic and luminous church

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new site for a new city

The chocolate of Modica

The Burgos crucifix

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The interior and its masterpieces

The theatre of taste

A museum to save a tradition

Many owners, one palace

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The colours of the cathedral

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

New roads for Catania

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Feast days

A square as the heart of the city