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.

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

From International Gothic to present day

A symbol for the town

Many owners, one palace

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The wall comes to life

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Burgos crucifix

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The two churches

A feast only for Scicli

Searching for colour

A new site for a new city

The theatre of taste

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The church of Carmine

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

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

Wonderful quick decorations

The interior and its masterpieces

A talking palace

Between white and black

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Prominent façade

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

An eagle-shaped city

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Baroque town by the sea

A city in colour

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A majestic and luminous church

Some masterpieces

The chocolate of Modica

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Feast days

A new site for a new church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Feasting in Palazzolo

The internal colours

A triumph of colour

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A half-Baroque church

A small room with a golden entrance

The disastrous earthquake

A hall for the feasts

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

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Maiolica of the staircase

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A long reconstruction

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

A colourful floor

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Modica, a city with ancient origins

New roads for Catania

A museum to save a tradition

Two illustrious patron saints

One city, two sites

A miniature city

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

One city, three sites

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The colours of the cathedral

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A prominent church

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Discovering the mother church

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

The city of museums

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Some prestigious works

A Nobel Prize in Modica