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.

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A colourful floor

Feasting in Palazzolo

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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A long reconstruction

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Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Some masterpieces

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

From International Gothic to present day

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A triumph of colour

One city, two sites

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An eagle-shaped city

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The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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A half-Baroque church

Prominent façade

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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The Maiolica of the staircase

Wonderful quick decorations

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The church of Carmine

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A hall for the feasts

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The theatre of taste

New roads for Catania

The wall comes to life

Between white and black

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A small room with a golden entrance

The internal colours

Some prestigious works

A city in colour

The Burgos crucifix

The disastrous earthquake

The Baroque town by the sea

The two churches

The city of museums

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Searching for colour

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The chocolate of Modica

A new site for a new city

A prominent church

A new site for a new church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A majestic and luminous church

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

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

The interior and its masterpieces

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A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Feast days

A miniature city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A talking palace

Two illustrious patron saints

The Staircase of Angels

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A square as the heart of the city

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A museum to save a tradition

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Norman apses

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A feast only for Scicli

A symbol for the town

One city, three sites