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 Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Prominent façade

A city in colour

Feast days

A new site for a new city

Between white and black

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The church of Carmine

A prominent church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The internal colours

A feast only for Scicli

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Some masterpieces

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Baroque town by the sea

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

The interior and its masterpieces

The city of museums

The wall comes to life

The chocolate of Modica

A symbol for the town

Some prestigious works

A majestic and luminous church

The Staircase of Angels

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A square as the heart of the city

A new site for a new church

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Discovering the mother church

New roads for Catania

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A Nobel Prize in Modica

One city, three sites

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Burgos crucifix

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A half-Baroque church

Searching for colour

The disastrous earthquake

From International Gothic to present day

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The theatre of taste

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

A museum to save a tradition

Norman apses

A talking palace

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Many owners, one palace

Wonderful quick decorations

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

An eagle-shaped city

One city, two sites

The colours of the cathedral

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A miniature city

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Feasting in Palazzolo

A colourful floor

A hall for the feasts

A small room with a golden entrance

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata